On smooth blacktop
before the barricade,
he waits –
I, beside him –
as the clerk
(severe in appearance
& attitude)
returns again…
Third trip to & from
the store,
he attempts, now,
to bend influence
toward the piece
he has selected
& presents.
No.
Enough of this.
We leave together.
For I possess not one,
but two North Stars –
the first resides
in my right ear;
the other rests
(unworn)
on green velvet,
in a small chest of wood.
“You, my love,” I say,
& guide him through
the empty lot,
away,
“will have the second.”
— C.Birde, 1/22
Nightjars & Damselflies 
I got nothing. This is a bit odd. The star is in your ear…an earring or a hearing aid on fire? The other is sitting on a cloth in a box. And, some sort of shopkeeper just glares at you and your husband as you take stuff from his store. This might be a renewal of marital vows dream. Something that is prodding a reconciliation of a recent conflict.
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An Artist never tells! 😉
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No, that’s something a magician or clairvoyant might say. Artists are sources of inspiration; not secrets. 😛
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Viewing art, like creating it, is a journey to Self.
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Sure. But, we are trying to decode a dream, here. And, you get few answers to how something is completed or made just from looking at a single image. I cannot turn your creation all around to see its screws and hinges. I cannot dissect the puzzle. All I get is the image from an online catalog. It’s just…mean. I want to know more. 😀
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