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Jack Balas, 2026
WALT WHITMAN IS HERE? (#26-2918);
India ink & acrylic on paper, 24" x 18"

Text:
Not meagre, latent boughs alone, O songs! (scaly and bare, 
 like eagles' talons,)
But haply for some sunny day (who knows?) some future spring, 
 some summer-bursting forth,
To verdant leaves, or sheltering shade-to nourishing fruit,
Apples and grapes-the stalwart limbs of trees emerging-the 
 fresh, free, open air,
And love and faith, like scented roses blooming.
-- WALT WHITMAN