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?