“Ape-Footed that’s the way Stucco Hangs”

Oil & Charcoal on Fabriano
27.56″ x 39.37″ (70cm x 100cm)
2006

::Super 8 Motel::

The shadows are dense here,

ape-footed

that’s the way stucco hangs.

Heavy lead walls,

impenetrable by x-rays and Gods,

cubing floral muted colors.

MAUVE…

to heavy to be lifted by the tongue,

falls from the gut-

that’s why it’s here.

Silenced, safe-d secrets,

concealed cheaply in

egg-shell coats.

Synthetic cover-ups don’t remove

the liquor sweated lust from mattresses.

The wrappings and amenities can’t disguise

the brown-bags living in-between,

if you can call it living.

The carpet burns

and roaches…

I know there’s a pit-bull in the toilet.