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PORTRAIT IN SHADES OF BLUE
by Leonard Greco

  Her face, framed in luster, glows

  She’s lost in the melody of

  these old world streets we stroll,

  her thoughts drifting on late

  summer gusts, her every movement along

  centuries old cobble-stone, a symphony;

  her voice as she speaks of

  brush strokes, technique and

  use of color, a hush of angels sighing –

  I wish this moment to never end

  This moment in MontMartre where we

  sip wine amid roses, and watch as

  tomorrow’s Monet, Matisse, Gaugan

  masters the artful use of pigment on canvas

  I wish this moment to never end,

  yet full well know

  nothing in the expanse of time

  lasts more than a second or two

  Each of us sees beauty in

  our own way: in the sun rising;

  the moon reflecting; stars flickering;

  the smile on the lips of the Mona Lisa –

  I could stay here for days, sipping wine and

  glancing now and then at time captured in

oils; or better yet, listen intently, enraptured by

  the elegance in her every whisper

  I wish this moment to never end,

  though I full well know

  time refuses to stop

  for either of us –

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