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<div class="column"><p class="">At Chauvet, sea-<br class="">
changes drummed while<br class="">
the father of artists<br class="">
slathered pigments on<br class="">
the blackened throats of caves
</p><p class="">stick figure hunters
held their breath in
Paleolithic dawn
</p><p class="">amber deer and yellow-
horned oxen<br class="">
bristling in herds<br class="">
bears and rainbows
beckoning
</p><p class="">a century was nothing<br class="">
a word crept forth, useless
it was only beauty<br class="">
we longed for.</p><p class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Michael Shorb </p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="10F45365-CBB8-4A8F-80BE-0307461B6044" src="cid:9C6DBBAC-9C46-4BC1-85A8-8AAD94C6890E" class=""></div>
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