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Return of the Cheshire Cat
[by S. David] [art by Frank Krasicki]

Last seen
Leaving its smile
Behind
After posing
Questions of
Ill-repute
Philosophizing
On living life
Why not fantasy
But now behold
The Dreamer
Dreams again
On the road again
The road goes on
Again
To when to where
And there in space
In a new place
Without trees
The air shimmers
A glimmer of
Sparkling
White flashes
And a smile
Is born reborn
In the air
Though
Nothing is there
But teeth meet
Lips appear
Drawn up into
The notorious
The glorious
Smile we
Remembered

35§ [Orig 1/23/09] http://arttube.blogspot.com/ See Frank's Feb 15, 2009 post for his comments on the poem