christ in the desert

Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso

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lips
false as a beach
damp
a pearl on the lip
dampened
the blackness of a tear

falling

aside
(wet leaves in a book will not dry)

falling

the memory dies
slowly

a plate held before each face
saying who am i

the moon

(the moon after all)
Pablo Picasso
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Pablo Picasso

1881 - 1973/Male/SpanishA painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who was known for co-founding the Cubist movement.

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