The Two's Picture

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Above the mantel, the two’s picture

Below, the fire inside the hearth

A portrait dominates the room

In temporal frozen earth

 

Sequestered; forever forward-facing

Centered, to oversee

Generation’s lifelong spectacle

Paying mind to history

 

He perfected their flawless smiles

The artist was expensive, I recall

“The best,” they’d told me proudly

Morbidity, on the wall

 

They loved in hysterics; together till death

But to them lifetime is a tease

There’s more time above the mantle

In portraits, where time can cease