Up the stairs again

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Up the stairs again
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I walk up the painted cosmic stairs —
— yes, those steps unsightly, up to door
mundane — those coarse and homely sketchèd steps
approximating loveliness in vain.

Majestic more by far is downèd log:
e'en gnarl of most unsightly vine.
Yet opulent is made the crass abode
by leisurely reflections cast within.

The suburbs are all mottled through with mud —
with plastic detritus and cubic crud,
and yet — those stairs above the searing street
make portal for my sore and weary feet.

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Original writing and images
by Daniel Pendergraft
— created for HIVE —
published on Feb. 7, 2022
to Blockchain Poets Community.
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_{Writing is fully original
and can be considered a first draft/blueprint
towards eventual completion of a piece
shared and preserved immutably on blockchain.}
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_{Images are original smartphone photographs
taken with iPhone 8+ and processed
using Deep Dream Generator
with custom style images.}

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