gifts from god

adynaton, oil on canvas, 16"x16"

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to: canadian wilderness artist
from: schtee l. fromrich, russian homeless artist

hello friend,

on the night of first encounter, grigori n. chant with myself were starting to relax, sleep in warm comfort of heated abandoned fire escape beside restaurant in moscow latin quarter. we talk, we burp, we fart like men, we laugh at joke of fighting gang away. i ask grigori n. chant question, only question that remains for me confusing about his behavior in alley on this night of first encounter. i ask him, "grigori n. chant, why did you with such aggression block me from passing in alley at nighttime during first encounter"?  grigori n. chant replies, "i made mistake, mistook you for landlord of building where i sleep out back in boxes. i was in protection mode, like mother keeping safe her young. i was guarding one of few things on earth that retains special meaning for me. and this landlord, who wants what i have, not only is in possession of heart-of-stone but also has eating habits, fashion interests i am in opposition to".  i ask grigori n. chant, "what are you talking about"?  he replies, "heart-of-stone landlord most unethical man i know, is double-dealing, fraudulent capitol S sleazeball. he is business man of most ugly proportion, dealing in lies, deception, manipulation, exploitation. at night-time he searches the back alleys for kittens not for reasons to taking care to them or to selling kittens, but for reasons to selling marrow from kitten bones and for reasons to making hand-warmers from soft fur of kitten underbelly. let me explain further decadent, corrupt behavior of heart-of-stone landlord:  in moscow, there exists sickness condition prevalent to the people, the poorest of the poor, who have no access to clean water, this condition causing skin rash, coughing, very high fever is in epidemic proportion. to these people he is selling marrow of kitten bones claiming healing properties for this affliction, selling made-up cure to people who have very real tragic condition and very little  money. this is of course terrible lie and he doesn't stop there. for the soft fur of kitten underbelly he has devoted himself to the other end of spectrum in moscow, to the very rich, to the wealthy elite who own most of russia. this soft fur of kitten underbelly he makes into hand-warmers and is rare commodity, therefore has become extremely desirable to people who have money, as soft underbelly kitten fur hand-warmer has become glamour symbol, also prestige, power, wealth. to these people i have less care, less tolerence as their own behavior is full of corruption. my concern is for kittens, for the protection of such small, helpless, innocent animals".  i am in shock, say to grigori n. chant, "now, i understand your defensive position on this night of first encounter. but tell me where now are the kittens you were protecting"?  grigori n. chant opens his long coat and reveals to me many pockets he has made by hand on inside of coat, each pocket with 2 kittens sleeping together with most sweet faces, kittens i recognize as breed known as russian blue because coat is always bluish silver, with short hair, green eyes, fine boned, long bodied.  "you see," says grigori n. chant, "gifts from god."

sincere good bye for now my canadian wilderness artist,

schtee l. fromrich, russian homeless artist

p.s. what is wtf and who is this man with rhyming name jack kerouac?

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