Fire Hydrant

The warted, bunioned

Stump of pipe

Rises from the ground—

A challenge to aesthetics.

Yet for a painter who loves

Minor and greater shadows

Light that caresses a curve

Or sharpens an angle,

Or cuts the eye

For such a painter,

This mutant of the city

Is a thing of beauty.

I, however, cannot agree.

It remains

A warted stump of pipe

In glad paint.

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