lost art by cray flying in on gesso watercolour songs playing the passionate fool painting softly hued words carving with india ink soapstone soul-sculpter no clay to shape and reshape every cut permanent every line indelible what work of art is this unseen unhung no gallery no private collection only a portfolio with a single unfinished piece carved out ink stain smudges missing colours no paint-by-number kit will absolve the artist his vellum soaked with a model's cadmium red blood and denuded soul an unfinished peace his unholy piece Back to Poetry Index