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"Appreciation" (by Joe DiMino)

I know 
as an artist
often I wonder
if people 
really understand
all that goes into
the production
of a particular work--
only to get
back silence--

At times
criticism,
downright harmonious ridicule
would be welcomed echo
to my chambered ears.