this sweet birthday folderol
it’s about time
and cycles and noticing
the breath of summer again
it’s about time
and something round and moist
passes into nameless futures
all ribbons, candles and laughter
and then my painted self
echoing my birthing,
a goat man, full of wild asking
and impossible desires
and here again it’s about time,
every year a revolution, a girding of the loins,
another chance to make it real,
another stepping out on the road to nowhere
Painting and poem by clinock.
Birthday Goat Man. 14 x 11″. acrylic on canvas.
art rat cafe 
I love both of these, just tremendous colors and expressiveness and the verse is great too. Happy belated birthday!
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thank you very much Laura
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July 28 was it not? Happy Birthday, my dear friend. May your path be filled with joy …always. Our world may be on a road to nowhere but you, John… no! 😉
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It was, and thank you for knowing this Marina, and for your wishes…
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Happy Birthday Leo!…… That portrait says sooo much. Duality in volumes! And the road goes right through the middle exploring what exists on either side of it. Yet truth is NOW and we don’t need to go anywhere….just BE!
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Yes! and thank you so much Robert for your greeting, fine perception and wisdom…
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Best birthday wishes to you!
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Thank you very much Jo Nell 🙂
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Youthful…this one! Maybe even a bit Steampunk with the monicle and ear device. You are an original John! Every day a colorful revolution. Xxxooo
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‘Steampunk” I like…gets my thought train puffing! (not wheezing) ;). Is the process of being a geezer, geezing?
Interesting eh how both ‘revolutions’ are spelt the same.
Oh Another revolution rolls around
“Well, here it comes again with all its hullabaloo and brouhaha, as predictable as taxes and death…”
“Nothing to be done…”
xoxo
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Too late to wish you a happy birthday, so I wish you happy days till the next. 🙂
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Thank you for your lovely wish Ina. We could always wish each other a very happy un-birthday! 😉
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Your birthday goat man is awesome. The painting is something to behold. I’ve checked out several times now . For me it seems to be channeling Burroughsian Mugwumps through the ether of psychic stereograms. Just some real magic for me. Thanks for sharing your art.
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If I ever published a book I would hire you to write the front cover blurb. Thank you for your wonderful Dada esque words Terry…
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super powers
~
when the old goat
runs circles
around the kids
~
your world dances
with vibrant energy
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