find beauty in ugliness

look closer

even a dry cracked riverbed

possesses a repetition of shape

as the fissures form a mosaic

such as artists seldom dream of

even a muddy old waterhole

reflects its surrounds in colors

that would never be imagined -

a brown sky can be beautiful

even a dusty brick wall

can own a presence and order

that puts the mind at peace

by its peaceful symmetry

even a dirty window

hides smudged cloudy specters

of the imagined ghosts

of they who fly in fantasy

look closer

find beauty in ugliness

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