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Gorky's Ghost

(copyright 2020 Michael Walker)

There is a way down through the canyon

With a crayon and a sunset

There is a way up through the ocean

With a flower and a moon rise.

There is a way out of this conundrum

A way out of this

Humdrum

Poverty of works

And crumbling rooms.

There is a way over and a way out

And Gorky's ghost

Sings a sad smile

And paints his mother's ghost

Over and over again.