122
dark
set
3
in
the old dairy
(is
this a sonnet?)
rats shit on my paintings overnight
I'm used to this kind of thing
always the freshest work they stick with
it could be goanna but probably not
there isn't a grain of malice in it
they're not afflicted with opinion
don't see themselves as critics
(in fact, they're generally vegetarians)
their habitus is my disgust
they run the rafters heaven high
I must accept they have their ways
there is an atom swerve in droppings
close inspection's will disclose
a verdict it's best to accept
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ReplyDeleteThis made me guffaw-- "don't see themselves as critics (in fact, they're generally vegetarians)". Unexpected, strong zeugma.
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