11.

There are joints,
joints
everywhere,
afloat,
delicate
as hair curls.
French vine black.
Iron oxide black.
Bone black.
Manganese.
Bitumen.
Beech charcoal.


12.

Black oil
of oil spills.
The legs 
extend off,
so the canvas fills 
with bars, 
bent in the middle.
Bars that keep 
out, not in.
Let 
the massive 
strokes 
quiver.

Peter Waldor | Mudlark No. 36
Contents | Leg Paint 13/14