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[whitereflection]

So the drywall that's been encircling the temporary archives area up on the third floor here is to come down soon. And, suprisingly, the panels with the turtle graffiti will be saved--I guess the Save The Turtle campaign was successful. However, the poetry and quotes written on another of the walls will not be saved. And so the following came to mind.

Yeah, I just wrote it on the drywall along with the other poetry/quotes when I came back from the 1st floor desk. I should edit in a note for when it all disappears. [Ed: They were really fast in taking it down--the panels were removed from the metal framework by late afternoon.]


Wall 529

I know one day
this poem will go away
in time this rhyme
will be a ghost
that fades
Still, I'll write it anyway
so it echoes within memory
reminding us
I was here today
with a pencil
and just a little to say.

[dvad 5/29/08]


(No, didn't put my intials or date, that's just for here. I do wonder where the drywall section with the turtle graffiti will be kept.)


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If words are wings
mine are still curled up,
wrinkled & drying.
I'm trying to unfurl them,
to ride the windcurrents of story,
to display in the sun
all the colors inside my head.

(dvad 5/29/08)