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I was

I am a young man stealing
time and sunlight from the gods
I am an old man refusing
to pray or pay for more life
I am a caged animal trying
to break free so as to kill my captors
 
I am a writer of poetry
that refuses to rhyme
except in the darkest of verses
 
I am a painter of beauty
using blood, mud and faeces
these are therapeutic
tho’ inevitably banal
 
I am a sculptor of onyx and jade
using pen-nib chisels and toothpicks
my work is no longer available
tho’ oft mentioned by my detractors
 
I am a powder blue dragon
I am a lime-green tea service
I am a souvenir of the cataclysm
I am an old man stealing
sunlight from the Gods

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