Up the stairs again

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Up the stairs again ____________________

I walk up the painted cosmic stairs — — yes, those steps unsightly, up to door mundane — those coarse and homely sketchèd steps approximating loveliness in vain.

Majestic more by far is downèd log: e'en gnarl of most unsightly vine. Yet opulent is made the crass abode by leisurely reflections cast within.

The suburbs are all mottled through with mud — with plastic detritus and cubic crud, and yet — those stairs above the searing street make portal for my sore and weary feet.

Original writing and images by Daniel Pendergraft — created for HIVE — published on Feb. 7, 2022 to Blockchain Poets Community. . _{Writing is fully original and can be considered a first draft/blueprint towards eventual completion of a piece shared and preserved immutably on blockchain.} . _{Images are original smartphone photographs taken with iPhone 8+ and processed using Deep Dream Generator with custom style images.}