no one word bears the burden of what is happening /
no one wants to know less than those at the centre /
their position is a landscape portrait /
selective light on a still nature lacking the continuous movement /
that undercuts the argument the moment it is spoken /
groomed beasts knowing their best side /
pausing for the assumed crowd nodding in approval /
muscled flank bred to be admired and consumed with the same mouth /
the military commissions the most portraits /
soft images to absorb the gluey stain of pressing out-of-frame figures /
into the theatre floor where each word is seven steps up the ladder /
from the surprising shades of mud tilting into the easel stand /
sign the big names to that portrait /
taking credit for the view
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