Never aspired to be
some kind of untouched, blank wall—
plain, pale, and ******
I think of artists’
hands on a living canvas—
and I get giddy.
These naked inches
hand-painted in poetry
by steady fingers.
Play me some Otis
as he sinks that ink for keeps.
Suddenly, I'm art.
Jun 5, 2014
Jun 5, 2014 at 9:51 AM UTC
Never aspired to be
some kind of untouched, blank wall—
plain, pale, and ******
I think of artists’
hands on a living canvas—
and I get giddy.
These naked inches
hand-painted in poetry
by steady fingers.
Play me some Otis
as he sinks that ink for keeps.
Suddenly, I'm art.
linked haiku
© Bitsy Sanders, June 2014
