1.

Paint the legs
like rows of trees 
along a road
to a home long gone.
The scratches
from a hard life 
are lost in quick 
ink strokes.
See them
at a distance, 
one row 
through another.
Cheap gray 
paper roughly 
unrolled.
Monumental.


2.

Legs dangerous 
as a pier
decayed 
to its pilings,
invisible in 
glistening water.
This painting
is a warning
to water traffic.

Peter Waldor | Mudlark No. 36
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