Things Intangible

what makes you say
faith and God
are things
important in life?

Your beliefs. Right

love boosts your ego
goodwill makes you feel wanted
instinct makes you survive

God and faith? linchpins of the weakest,
give you nothing but false hope.
is false hope important?

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and your painting:
a naked, bearded young woman
in the clutches of a tentacle
of an octopus in the sea,
is struggling to be free.
what beauty do you see?

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and your other painting:
a woman's torso, shackled
hanging upside down,
arms where legs should be,
hands where feet should be,
what beauty did you see?

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would you like to tell us
what in your paintings you see?

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is the answer you give
to the question you ask
of things intangible,
intelligible?