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The Look

        – of a forlorn smile –

Flora Priestley Lamplight, by John Singer Sargent

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The Look

– of a forlorn smile –

I picture the look
Of a beguiled face,
That wants to brook 
Find an affable place,
For the very long while
Hence want not lose pace,
Nor to misplace found smile
Tho all gods shan’t pay grace,
When irrelevant be man’s guile 
Who wouldst try calm sadly face,
With the tacit mind, of a forlorn smile!

                                 © Jean-Jacques Fournier


Imagery - Amedeo Modigliani & John Singer Sargent
Music – If I Should You – by Chet Baker
Audio – Jean-Jacques Fournier






                                          written in Sweetsburg





                                              January 18, 2022





                                                         















                 




			

			
						

	
	



			
				



	
	


		
					

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A Trio of Poetic Echoes…

	


		

		

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Frivolity





The commodify,





Of laisse faire  





Speaks of oddity,





To find fly an affair





Taken with frivolity!





  










Façade





You find look





Be oppression,





Beyond brook





Of expression,





Despite its façade





Charts blindly sad!















Conscience  





You are aware,





Yet knowingly





Without care,





Tho insentience





Finds admittance,





Of a conscience!






                              © Jean-Jacques Fournier
  
 Images - public & Toulouse Lautrec ...
 Music - excerpt - Jazz Chill Out from BGM...
 Audio - recital - Jean-Jacques Fournier...
  
                              ov - written in Sweetsburg, January 31, 2021