Disturbed Still Life
Saint Paul, 20 April 2011
Did you mess
with my still life
painting?
the one
so thoughtfully
positioned on
the pedestal warmed
by April light
Can I paint
a disturbed scene
by pattering
with a blending brush
or masking delicate
Ben Franklin spectacles
resting diagonally
on a pamphlet
bold face
letter-pressed
with Common Sense?