A canvas straitjacket
Coated in gesso
Rendered loosely without form
‘Tis modern art, I guess so…
Where does it come from?
Artist’s compulsion
Helpless to our obsession
To counter life’s revulsion
Maximum medium
Applied with abandon
Is it art or isn’t it?
Eternal the conundrum
What is the meaning?
Art’s prerogative
To know all and to know nothing
Is how artists choose to live
Smothered in brushstrokes
Drowning in colour
May I die so artfully?
Shout YES! I’d choose no other!