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Water boy.







                                                                                                                                                                                              Still waters                                    Never expiring, always good to drink, harvest crops and give life to the thirsty.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              He was never changing, his face, his demeanor, his persona. He was who he was and he didn’t have
                                                                                                                                                                                              never age,                                      room to be anyone else. The water boy, perceived ugly, but in his eyes, laid the most beautiful story of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              them all, a story of how he lived so long, and saw what most only dreamed of. All, while still young.
                                                                                                                                                                                              flowing                                         Looking back, I am not sure why we called him water boy. Maybe because he looked like an amphibian.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              A human fish of sorts, a mouth located below his chin and eyes as red as those of an alligator. All I am
                                                                                                                                                                                              water never                                     sure about is what I heard about his family, that in their DNA, they all live to be over 100 years old....


                                                                                                                                                                                              ages and


                                                                                                                                                                                              whether it


                                                                                                                                                                                              remains in the


                                                                                                                                                                                              lake or on in a


                                                                                                                                                                                              well, it will


                                                                                                                                                                                              still


                                                                                                                                                                                              remain the


                                                                                                                                                                                              same.                                                                                                              Acrylic on Canvas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 i: 16’ by 20’
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