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In the foreground we see time and life 

swept in a race 

toward the left hand side of the picture 

where shore meets shore. 

But that meeting place 

isn’t represented; 

it doesn’t occur on the canvas. 

For the other side of the bay 

is Heaven and Eternity, 

with a bleak white haze over its mountains. 

And the immense water of L’Estaque is a go-between 

for minute rowboats. 

L’ESTAQUE, CÉZANNE, 1883