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Don
Colors swirl, above a town,
Soft whites mixed with deep blues;
A bright, yellow moon shines down,
A contrast to the dark hues
That filled the sky and village
The hilltops in the background
And the cypress in image
Two score and twelve years, t'was New York-bound
Vincent van Gough's masterpiece
Then Don McLean's stimulus
Oh, starry, Starry Night
I hope I've done you justiceExplanation: I am talking about the painting Starry Night as well as the song Vincent by Don McLean (he sang American Pie, both the album and the song). The song Vincent used references to several of van Gough's paintings, but the first two lines are:
"Starry, Starry night
paint your palette blue and gray"
the first line of which is repeated throughout the song. I reference this line in line 11, saying "Oh, starry, Starry Night" (the capitalization and punctuation of which are purposeful because it is calling the painting, Starry Night, starry - in which case the comma after the first 'starry' is technically ungrammatical, but I did that on purpose because this is poetry and I have a reason - but I also kind of wanted it to be calling the night starry twice for emphasis, not necessarily having anything to do with the painting).
Line 8: Two score and twelve years, t'was New York-Bound:
If you're familiar with American History, or have just heard of this particular thing, you may have heard the words "Four score and seven years ago". These words came from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, which was basically Lincoln talking about the Civil War and honoring those who had died so far - it was done November 19, 1863, so the war wouldn't end for another two-ish years, having ended in 1865 - and stuff; more here because this isn't what I'm supposed to be talking about: https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/gettysburg-address https://civics.asu.edu/gettysburg-address. "Score" is just a way to say twenty years, so I'm saying that 52 years after Starry night was painted, it was displayed in New York (it was painted 1889 and displayed in New York 1941 - interesting year, eh? I'm assuming it was before Pearl Harbor; if you don't know, WWII was going on, but the U.S. didn't join until December 8, 1941, because Japan attacked Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 and it had to go through Congress. Damn I got off-topic).I entitled this "Don" to continue the trend of the title being the predecessor's name.
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