No Longer Painting by Numbers   I have become skilled at putting all the colors exactly where they belong -- The vivid red right here in its place, The soft blues and greens over there. My painting looks so real. You cannot even see the numbers.   More daring now (or, perhaps, simply knowing that the journey is what really matters) I shall choose a clean new canvas, Run my fingers across its surface until I feel the rough weave deep within my body, Take its fresh whiteness down into my soul, And then I shall paint, without numbers, Wherever my brush takes me.   -- MAG 10/31/98

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