An Ekphrasic Odyssey
(I can't display the painting here, but you get the picture.)
 

What the fuck were you thinking, numb-nuts? It's
an M.
At twelve thousand dollars
I wouldn't mind being paid by the word. It's upside-
what? Ah,
W. Yes, strong insight. I see
an ass, poised to shit
on the Upper East Side. Perhaps if we—
now 3! Such versatility
is mesmerizing. Three seconds to paint,
a lifetime to suffer. Flip,
and it's an E—the world's most common vowel, humanity
and universe collapsed to baring teeth. It's 4
complete works for the low low
price of
one. Who knew a stroke
could be so affordable?

 
NaPoWriMo 2005, April 14