Tom Atkins

Poem: Fresco

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Fresco

The painting survived Vesuvius.
Its elegance and almost 3-D perfection still shines.
a survivor of ash and fire and time.
Not unlike the smiles of the broken
we pass every day.

About this poem

The photograph was taken in Pompei.

Tom

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