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The twice-told words:

I never knew what’s who the why of schizophrenia
Mortality uncoils just when the route is getting scenic
Plumbago blue and roses red make violet–it’s neat
Rejoiced in Soda Pop since I was knee-high to a Nehi
One of billions–carbonation China to Ohio
Vinegar and baking soda foam up like Orion

Notes

Two things I want to say about the image. One: the near-sphere in the middle that the guy with the clipboard is either standing on or projected from is a duodecahedron, one of the five “regular solids” whose every facet is some polygon. (The tetrahedron and the cube are two other Regular Solids.) Two: I much enjoyed depicting a cat and a woman sharing a halo.

One more thing

My girlfriend’s son, Sean Wegner, has a birthday today. I did a page on him celebrating not only his birthday but also his deep abiding love for baseball. Several teams are mentioned in this quadruple acrostic…

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4 comments
  1. michelresidence's avatar

    Holy cat! That must be the first acrostic halo in the history of humanity!

    And a question : Should I search for the deeper meaning of why there are two versions of the poem on the page or is it just a case of ‘it happened that way?’

    • onewithclay's avatar

      Thanks for the smile-inducing comment!

      There’s no deeper meaning of the two versions of the same poem on the page–not really. When I did the poem in my usual convoluted-path calligraphy, I didn’t think it was legible, so I repeated up at the top–then found that design integrity demanded I underlap the repeat with the figure study. This, of course, rendered version #2 just as illegible. But just as there are echoes in real-life nature, and motifs in composition, I thought it would be interesting to have them both as is. When I look at it, though the words are the same, the different presentations yield different feelings, just as gray food coloring will make a meal seem to taste different. Long story short: it did just happen that way, but I chose not to let it unhappen. Thanks again!

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