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srooster.jpg (14k) Given the Circumstances
May 1995- Acrylic on canvas - 16 by 20 inches
sold to Nancy "Firedrake" Taylor, April 1998


The rooster is handed the torch by the distant inevitability of morning.
The Bible says nothing of these things, for this story holds no moral.
But the Swiss watch that is nature clicks on, ignoring the pretense of righteousness.
We act so haughty as we, like small pox, destroy our unfortunate host.
Why then does the sky patronize with its continued blueness?
Why then does the surge of life return to clutch its shrinking ken every springtime?

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