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Buster

Buster

I wait outside.
A shiny red plastic
smiling statue
armless aimless
only one eye open
trying not to
hear what she says
overthere.
I keep her in the dark
to protect my ears
to keep smiling.

"Have another cigarette."
I tell myself.
oil, collage on mounted photo, 20" x 28"

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JAMES W JOHNSON