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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES...Music is the mathematics of the gods = PYTHAGORAS...Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
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Monday, June 2, 2014

A Survivor

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The Metal Diver

Is a survivor.

In truth,  he has 
no respect for
reality.

 It gives him the edge,
To perch on a 
storeyed ledge.

 Jump, they shout
JUMP, they scream
They are voices from
a bad  dream.

 Immobile on his perch–
And quite at home–
He will only dive
Into a sea of chrome.



© Paul Oliverio
Ocean Avenue Glass House
(2006)


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Footnote
If you want a daylight view of the diver's family, click here.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 3, 2014 at 4:52 AM

    Is this Los Angeles? It looks like Oscar in off time

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  2. Paul OliverioJune 3, 2014 at 8:09 AM

    Let the GREATER TRUTH be known:

    Rather than collect dust in Academy Award-approved
    storage units for eleven months of the year, Oscar statues
    spend most of their time with Hollywood personal trainers
    who slim them down to pure metallica muscle.

    For the month prior to the next Academy Award presentations,
    Oscar statues beef up with gold-plated all-you-can-eat
    work-outs at Burger King and Chic-fil-A.

    The photo was taken in a city known as
    Hollywood's "sea-side kid-brother,"
    Long Beach.

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  3. AnonymousJune 4, 2014 at 3:47 AM

    This is a papparazzi scoop of ice cream

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