{"id":914,"date":"2020-07-29T20:49:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T20:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/?page_id=914"},"modified":"2020-07-29T20:49:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T20:49:33","slug":"paintings-verses-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/paintings-verses-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Paintings &#038; Verses 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-justified fg-light fg-border-medium fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-911\" 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href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/OutForAWalk.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Out For A Walk\" data-caption-desc=\"Let\u2019s go, we\u2019ll take the dog&lt;br&gt;\nAnd show&lt;br&gt;\nOur snazzy new coats.&lt;br&gt;\nArm in arm with a high step,&lt;br&gt;\nWe\u2019ll go&lt;br&gt;\nTogether, my love.\" data-attachment-id=\"895\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Out For A Walk\" height=\"250\" width=\"210\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/OutForAWalk\/4217737863.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/OutForAWalk\/1043468849.jpg 418w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Espionage.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Espionage\" data-caption-desc=\"So pure, their past arrangement,&lt;br&gt;\nTheir mutual mystery gone&lt;br&gt;\nLike fall or last month\u2019s payment,&lt;br&gt;\nHide-and-seek before the dawn&lt;br&gt;\nIn cloak-and-dagger raiment,&lt;br&gt;\nNow faded, pale and wan.&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;\nThey wonder where the day went,&lt;br&gt;\nThe mole and vanished pawn,&lt;br&gt;\nThe turncoat double-agent,&lt;br&gt;\nThe chess move now withdrawn&lt;br&gt;\nTo shadows, burnt and all spent --&lt;br&gt;\nThe spy and spied-upon.\" data-attachment-id=\"888\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Espionage\" height=\"250\" width=\"340\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/Espionage\/3098707526.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/Espionage\/2559104284.jpg 678w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GreetingsInPassinng.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Greetings In Passing\" data-caption-desc=\"Good morning maiden, the trooper said,&lt;br&gt;\nResplendent in his dress of gold and blue;&lt;br&gt;\nShe smiled back a greeting just for him,&lt;br&gt;\nShe found him quite the corker, it was true.&lt;br&gt;\nOld Dobbin greeted Charger, who shyly turned her eyes;&lt;br&gt;\nAnd so they passed, their minds aflame,&lt;br&gt;\nUnsettled in their dreams and their disguise.\" data-attachment-id=\"890\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Greetings In Passing\" height=\"250\" width=\"341\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/GreetingsInPassinng\/3344502285.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/GreetingsInPassinng\/3057293031.jpg 680w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AtTheTrot.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"At The Trot\" data-caption-desc=\"So good, so good&lt;br&gt;\nto cast aside the traces,&lt;br&gt;\nTo saddle up Captain &lt;br&gt;\nand put him through his paces.&lt;br&gt;\nSo good, so good, &lt;br&gt;\nto canter and to trot,&lt;br&gt;\nTo bring him to the gallop &lt;br&gt;\nand see what Captain\u2019s got!\" data-attachment-id=\"884\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"At The Trot\" height=\"250\" width=\"221\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/AtTheTrot\/2523271777.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/AtTheTrot\/4214674167.jpg 442w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TheMermaidandTheBride.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The Mermaid And The Bride\" data-caption-desc=\"The flowers are wilting, they don\u2019t like the salt.&lt;br&gt;\nShe is out there, at play in the surf.&lt;br&gt;\nThe moon gives a glimpse now and then&lt;br&gt;\nOf her sleekness.&lt;br&gt;\nHow is she possible?  How could she ever know&lt;br&gt;\nThis heartbreak?\" data-attachment-id=\"902\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"The Mermaid And The Bride\" height=\"250\" width=\"369\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/TheMermaidandTheBride\/3421772740.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/TheMermaidandTheBride\/44275248.jpg 736w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BirdInATree.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bird In A Tree\" data-caption-desc=\"I heard a bird.  &lt;br&gt;\nIt was late and in a tree.&lt;br&gt;\nIt could carry a tune, this bird,&lt;br&gt;\nriffing from the Charlie Parker&lt;br&gt;\nsongbook. So I thought:&lt;br&gt;\nPerfect evening.&lt;br&gt;\n &lt;br&gt;\nHelicopters hovered nearby, &lt;br&gt;\ncasting spotlights&lt;br&gt;\non suspects.&lt;br&gt;\nThe weather was warm and sultry &lt;br&gt;\nin Riverside, California &lt;br&gt;\nin May, 1970.\" data-attachment-id=\"885\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Bird In A Tree\" height=\"250\" width=\"143\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/BirdInATree\/3847506992.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/BirdInATree\/273321393.jpg 286w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ServiceDog.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Service Dog\" data-caption-desc=\"Do not pet the service dog.&lt;br&gt;\nDo not distract him, he has a job to do. &lt;br&gt;\nIt has all been fine, this latest excursion, &lt;br&gt;\nBut now it is time to head on home.\" data-attachment-id=\"896\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Service Dog\" height=\"250\" width=\"242\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/ServiceDog\/3421418281.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/ServiceDog\/2347957400.jpg 484w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mummers.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Mummers\" data-caption-desc=\"They go forth in winter, seeking warmth.&lt;br&gt;\nThe object is to disturb the natural order,&lt;br&gt;\nDisorient the stay-at-homes,&lt;br&gt;\nStartle the middlers, and maybe&lt;br&gt;\nCage a drink or two.&lt;br&gt;\nIrrelevant are details of gender or species.&lt;br&gt;\nThe woolier the better, in every instance.&lt;br&gt;\nThe sassy is encouraged.&lt;br&gt;\nIf they should come to your door,&lt;br&gt;\nYou may offer them rum.\" data-attachment-id=\"894\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Mummers\" height=\"250\" width=\"273\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/Mummers\/1572810977.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/Mummers\/122443745.jpg 546w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Warriors.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Warriors\" data-caption-desc=\"This fatal grapple that they do \u2013&lt;br&gt;\nIs there not an element&lt;br&gt;\nOf love about it,&lt;br&gt;\nPerhaps?\" data-attachment-id=\"904\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Warriors\" height=\"250\" width=\"171\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/Warriors\/2986743737.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/Warriors\/2982596809.jpg 342w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Crisscross.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Crisscross\" data-caption-desc=\"An equilibrium keeps them &lt;br&gt;\nin poise.&lt;br&gt;\nIf they let go of the other, &lt;br&gt;\nboth would fall. &lt;br&gt;\nSo they dare not. &lt;br&gt;\nWe onlookers see only &lt;br&gt;\nwhat appears to be &lt;br&gt;\na dance.\" data-attachment-id=\"886\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Crisscross\" height=\"250\" width=\"185\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/Crisscross\/2476586113.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/Crisscross\/1884194496.jpg 368w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FoolAtPlay.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Fool At Play\" data-caption-desc=\"Freed from his royal highness,&lt;br&gt;\nI\u2019ll assert my antic myness&lt;br&gt;\nHaving made some treks and forays&lt;br&gt;\nThrough the mad world\u2019s norms &lt;br&gt;\nand mores.&lt;br&gt;\nLikewise exit vile volcanoes&lt;br&gt;\nAnd those hurtful hurricanoes!&lt;br&gt;\nThey\u2019re like choices of the king:&lt;br&gt;\nSuch perplexities they bring. &lt;br&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;\nNow, retired as I am&lt;br&gt;\nFrom the foibles and the sham,&lt;br&gt;\nI will focus my attention&lt;br&gt;\nOn some mirth -- and did I mention&lt;br&gt;\nThat I\u2019ll miss my old friend Lear?&lt;br&gt;\n(Final hours drawing near . . .)&lt;br&gt;\nYet the greatest form of fun&lt;br&gt;\nPlays with planets and the Sun,&lt;br&gt;\nWhile all celestial rules&lt;br&gt;\nAre obeyed by kings and fools.&lt;br&gt;\nHey nonny nonny!\" data-attachment-id=\"889\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Fool At Play\" height=\"250\" width=\"185\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/FoolAtPlay\/21370030.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/FoolAtPlay\/3801425647.jpg 368w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/StormingtheCastle.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Storming The Castle\" data-caption-desc=\"Enough is enough, they said.&lt;br&gt;\nHeads will roll, they said.&lt;br&gt;\nWe will not eat cake.&lt;br&gt;\nWe demand fairness and &lt;br&gt;\nreconciliation.&lt;br&gt;\nWe do not want your gems,&lt;br&gt;\nyour robes,&lt;br&gt;\nyour armies.&lt;br&gt;\nWe want atonement.\" data-attachment-id=\"898\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Storming The Castle\" height=\"250\" width=\"207\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/StormingtheCastle\/448449908.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/StormingtheCastle\/1720143533.jpg 412w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MinotaurandFool.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Minotaur And Fool\" data-caption-desc=\"Brothers in spite of it all, &lt;br&gt;\neach knew the bad press, &lt;br&gt;\nthe barbs, the failure. &lt;br&gt;\nEach faced off to heroes, &lt;br&gt;\ntheir unseemly errors &lt;br&gt;\nnow neither here nor there, &lt;br&gt;\nexcept in the literature\" data-attachment-id=\"893\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Minotaur And Fool\" height=\"250\" width=\"326\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/MinotaurandFool\/25579066.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/MinotaurandFool\/2868075794.jpg 652w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TheNewBaby.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The New Baby\" data-caption-desc=\"You hold the new baby close to you,&lt;br&gt;\nand you never look at me,&lt;br&gt;\neven though he can\u2019t talk or run.&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;\nI am being good but it doesn\u2019t matter.&lt;br&gt;\nWhat can I do to make you&lt;br&gt;\nlove me again?\" data-attachment-id=\"903\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"The New Baby\" height=\"250\" width=\"192\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/TheNewBaby\/2395999411.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/TheNewBaby\/2296177353.jpg 382w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DogandCatRomance.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Dog And Cat Romance\" data-caption-desc=\"Some said it\u2019s&lt;br&gt;\nA no-no,&lt;br&gt;\nMiscegenation,&lt;br&gt;\nBetter left undone.&lt;br&gt;\nStill, love is love.&lt;br&gt;\nAnd how else to improve&lt;br&gt;\nThe bloodline?&lt;br&gt;\nWhat better way to stimulate&lt;br&gt;\nThe circulation?\" data-attachment-id=\"887\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Dog And Cat Romance\" height=\"250\" width=\"225\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/DogandCatRomance\/21529084.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/DogandCatRomance\/3835583946.jpg 450w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jubilation.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Jubilation\" data-caption-desc=\"Yay, hooray, we got our way --&lt;br&gt;\nOur prayers were met this happy day.&lt;br&gt;\nFor clergy, king, and lonely wife,&lt;br&gt;\nNo more panic, pains, or strife.&lt;br&gt;\nFor hermit, poet, politician,&lt;br&gt;\nNevermore the hopeless wishin\u2019.&lt;br&gt;\nNo doubts or twinges, nothing fraught --&lt;br&gt;\nHere comes the question: (pause) Now What?&lt;br&gt;\" data-attachment-id=\"891\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Jubilation\" height=\"250\" width=\"341\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/Jubilation\/53025217.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/Jubilation\/2272981652.jpg 680w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ActorWithaCat.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Actor With A Cat\" data-caption-desc=\"He rehearses his lines.&lt;br&gt;\nHe mentally blocks his movements.&lt;br&gt;\nHe conjures an emotional state of mind.&lt;br&gt;\nHe sees himself humbly bowing to applause.&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;\nThe cat observes.&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;\nThe cat is acting too.\" data-attachment-id=\"882\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Actor With A Cat\" height=\"250\" width=\"230\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/ActorWithaCat\/3180035463.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/ActorWithaCat\/4111382232.jpg 458w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SweetHomecoming.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Sweet Homecoming\" data-caption-desc=\"Daddy\u2019s back, he\u2019s back, came the shout&lt;br&gt;\nWith a swift rush to the door.&lt;br&gt;\nGlad to be home, he announced to all,&lt;br&gt;\nPlacing bag and sample kit on floor.&lt;br&gt;\nI am dusty from the road, and tired,&lt;br&gt;\nAnd my feet are hot and surely sore.&lt;br&gt;\nMother said, You\u2019re home now. Good.&lt;br&gt;\nNow rest, and roam and toil no more.&lt;br&gt;\nBut Father raised his hand and said,&lt;br&gt;\nFamily, it\u2019s for you I do this chore.\" data-attachment-id=\"899\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Sweet Homecoming\" height=\"250\" width=\"188\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/SweetHomecoming\/3175398410.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/SweetHomecoming\/337090872.jpg 376w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Annunciation.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Annunciation\" data-caption-desc=\"Maiden, said the angel, &lt;br&gt;\nI have some news for you.&lt;br&gt;\nBig news, big as it gets, &lt;br&gt;\nand also quite the gig.&lt;br&gt;\nAnd so will You be too &lt;br&gt;\n-- and I mean Big!&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;\nThe maiden thought &lt;br&gt;\nit through,&lt;br&gt;\nAnd answered: OMG! &lt;br&gt;\nand What the frig?\" data-attachment-id=\"883\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Annunciation\" height=\"250\" width=\"168\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/Annunciation\/3938349699.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/Annunciation\/1354459749.jpg 336w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SleepingWoman.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Sleeping Woman\" data-caption-desc=\"She sleeps beneath the moon, &lt;br&gt;\nInviting lunacy, it\u2019s said.&lt;br&gt;\n(But scientists say it\u2019s pseudo.)&lt;br&gt;\nHer dreams may lead to keening wolves, &lt;br&gt;\nOr creatures of the shadow, &lt;br&gt;\nBoth features of the moon in full.&lt;br&gt;\nThey\u2019re real enough, her dreams \u2013 though fueled&lt;br&gt;\nBy moon and Hollywood \u2013&lt;br&gt;\nDancing mice and children\u2019s songs,&lt;br&gt;\nFeral dolls, the vampire\u2019s fading,&lt;br&gt;\nMelting walls, the music box,&lt;br&gt;\nZombies cruise a bite of brain.&lt;br&gt;\nReal enough, those dreams -- but who can tell?&lt;br&gt;\n(The scientists say it\u2019s pseudo.)\" data-attachment-id=\"897\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Sleeping Woman\" height=\"250\" width=\"327\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/SleepingWoman\/1814184592.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/SleepingWoman\/2476146934.jpg 652w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LeopardsLastDays.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Leopard\u2019s Last Days\" data-caption-desc=\"He was a mauler, no doubt, &lt;br&gt;\nor so it was thought. Still, a &lt;br&gt;\ncreature of beauty. They all &lt;br&gt;\nwere struck by it, even the &lt;br&gt;\ngrizzled old ones. &lt;br&gt;\nYet his taste for young goats, &lt;br&gt;\nthose cute little things, made him &lt;br&gt;\nanima non grata, or something.&lt;br&gt;\nThe women admired his fluid &lt;br&gt;\nmovement, and it was chic to &lt;br&gt;\nadopt an air a la l\u00e9opard. &lt;br&gt;\nThe men envied his boldness &lt;br&gt;\nand weapons. &lt;br&gt;\nWith some reluctance, but &lt;br&gt;\npassed in council by a slim &lt;br&gt;\nmajority, he was tracked down, &lt;br&gt;\nand killed. &lt;br&gt;\nThere was a certain period &lt;br&gt;\nof mourning.\" data-attachment-id=\"892\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Leopard\u2019s Last Days\" height=\"250\" width=\"168\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/LeopardsLastDays\/783599922.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/LeopardsLastDays\/2572585929.jpg 336w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TheAmericanDream.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The American Dream\" data-caption-desc=\"In the Land of the Great Expectations,&lt;br&gt;\nWe were Promised the Pursuit &lt;br&gt;\nOf Happiness, where All were Equal:&lt;br&gt;\nPromised the Right &lt;br&gt;\nTo Bear Arms, to Stand Fast, &lt;br&gt;\nTo Bluster, to Blather; promised &lt;br&gt;\nThe Right to make a Good Profit,&lt;br&gt;\nTo Get There First; And, &lt;br&gt;\nNotwithstanding, the Right to Envy, &lt;br&gt;\nAnd to see All Rewards Commodified.&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;\nStill, there is Beauty in the Nation,&lt;br&gt;\nIn the Eyes of Children,&lt;br&gt;\nAnd the Music of Community prevails.\" data-attachment-id=\"900\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"The American Dream\" height=\"250\" width=\"165\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/TheAmericanDream\/3070965094.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/TheAmericanDream\/1211580313.jpg 328w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TheCall.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The Call\" data-caption-desc=\"And now she goes &lt;br&gt;\nTo her appointment, &lt;br&gt;\nTo display the &lt;br&gt;\nsummer dress, &lt;br&gt;\nThe new makeup,&lt;br&gt;\nThe uplift bra,&lt;br&gt;\nThe perfume &lt;br&gt;\nof which he is &lt;br&gt;\nSo fond.&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;\nThe woods are dark, &lt;br&gt;\nBut she will &lt;br&gt;\nskirt them.  &lt;br&gt;\nThe path is steep, &lt;br&gt;\nBut she will take &lt;br&gt;\nMeasured steps &lt;br&gt;\nAnd arrive &lt;br&gt;\nintact, &lt;br&gt;\nControlled.\" data-attachment-id=\"901\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"The Call\" height=\"250\" width=\"160\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/TheCall\/2649900790.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/TheCall\/1706987278.jpg 318w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WomanwithHomunculus.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Woman With Homunculus\" data-caption-desc=\"She holds the little fellow&lt;br&gt;\nAs if she has plans for him.&lt;br&gt;\nHe reminds her of a time long ago,&lt;br&gt;\nWhen she was but a girl.&lt;br&gt;\nThere is something familiar . . .&lt;br&gt;\na set of the jaw, perhaps.&lt;br&gt;\nMaybe an attitude.&lt;br&gt;\nMaybe she will make him sing &lt;br&gt;\nand dance.\" data-attachment-id=\"906\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Woman With Homunculus\" height=\"250\" width=\"333\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/WomanwithHomunculus\/533160368.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/WomanwithHomunculus\/2136796897.jpg 666w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WizardWithASquirrel.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Wizard With A Squirrel\" data-caption-desc=\"In beardless embodiment,&lt;br&gt;\nIn youthful manifestation,&lt;br&gt;\nArcana ignored, &lt;br&gt;\nProtocol neglected,&lt;br&gt;\nFormulae forgotten,&lt;br&gt;\nThe wizard remembered&lt;br&gt;\nTo feed the familiar.&lt;br&gt;\n\u201cWhen adrift, face Nature\u201d&lt;br&gt;\nWas his rule.\" data-attachment-id=\"905\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Wizard With A Squirrel\" height=\"250\" width=\"230\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/WizardWithASquirrel\/2568122220.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/07\/WizardWithASquirrel\/1577162485.jpg 458w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div 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