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Gauguin's The Swineherd, Brittany
There is a grotto
(where The Motto
is Never Take Things As They Are)
inside which Th'Hermit sits
with his pet jaguar
taking Those whose stamina permits
them to reach Such Height
( by their own right )
in his powerless hands
shaping Each Man to suit his fancy
into A Toy of many kinds
saying to his pet, "Look, Nancy:
What (a) man can do to Man
if he believes he can! ..."

el Greco's Baptism of Christ

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