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Million Dollar Baby BluesBaby, if I had a matchstick
for every time we fight,
I would have a lot of matches
but I would not have a light.

Baby, you make me so happy,
and then you bring me down.
I feel just like a king, babe,
and then you hide my crown.

I used to have a book, babe,
where I could read about myself.
I could not find you in there,
so I keep it on the shelf.

If I had a million dollars
I would give it all to you.
If you loaned some back to me, babe,
I would pay you interest too.

Baby, let's go to the country,
we can ride our ponies there.
You can ride my mellow stallion,
I will ride your golden mare.

Far get away from all the troubles
that make this c

The Trees' Gifts

You may take the trees as a hiding place.
Place yourself among the trees when you
are angry or sad or in need of solitude.
The place is freely entered and freely left.
The trees have life but have no thoughts
and no feelings. This is one of their gifts.

You may take a novel as a hiding place.
Find yourself inside a story, as freely
entered and left as a place among trees.
The novel may be a printed book,
its paper from trees become pulp.
This is another of their gifts.

Or you may read a novel on a screen.
Then the trees themselves are hidden,
precursors of the digital page.
Not to be needed is their last gift.
Angry or sad or in nee

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Blue Hazeby *RichardLeach

Literature / Poetry / General Poetry / Visual & Found Poetry

©2010-2013 *RichardLeach

Page from an old poetry book, altered by removing words and staining with tea, on fancy paper background.

About 4.5 x 5 inches.

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~7markus7 Apr 20, 2013

beautiful work here

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*RichardLeach Apr 20, 2013 Professional Traditional Artist

thanks, Markus

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~dajono Mar 23, 2013 Digital Artist

things break the fun
i would not be bold
i'd set the clue ablaze
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great one Richard!

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*RichardLeach Mar 24, 2013 Professional Traditional Artist

Thank you very much indeed, Dag!

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*Migrena Jul 10, 2011

thank you [link]

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*RichardLeach Jul 10, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

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*marvinsafro Feb 15, 2011 Professional General Artist

simple, elegant, and marvelously executed!

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*RichardLeach Feb 15, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

thanks very much! it's one of my own favorites of my work.

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*TheMadMulatto May 5, 2010

I'm reminded of Dr. Seusus.

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*RichardLeach May 5, 2010 Professional Traditional Artist

Nice. Thanks.

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