Thank you to Sand Pilarski for publishing my poem in Piker Press.

http://www.pikerpress.com/article.php?aID=7696




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Tilting


He carries oblique remarks
upon the canvas of his lips.

He paints them as disordered fact.
He paints them as distorted fact.

He slants the truth; as reckless
as concert crowds
after the last note is played.

To meet the artist as a truthful man
has long been my wish.

If art is meant to be beautiful, 
let it dwell safely in his mouth.