With Ellington, never
just one mood, ever
two or more.
State profoundly
something simple
but please
don't decorate.
Slip something
gut-bucket,
not quite profane
but close, into
urbane constructions.
Make smart choices.
Move efficiently
like a chess
assassin. The players
are the source:
so obvious, but
almost always
overlooked: Aristotle
understood. Remain
madly allergic
to cliche. Dodge in
and out of the fray.
hans ostrom 2015
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