Metamorphoses by Leanne:

[abu nuwas]

I now realise that it was this picture parts of the poem reminded me of, one which hung in the Tate when I was 15. I used to visit almost daily, to look at the Derains, Manets, Modiglianis and so on. The flower is not a rose, and it is breaking through an egg-shell, not stone; but this was it. The 'change the world' article with it, is a little sad now: young people are still young, but revolutionary movements? I don't think so.

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