Ariel Makes a Tempest
- pen and ink on heavy Bristol board - 45x75cm - 2013
click
the pictures above to see a larger image
Ariel
sets out his terms
I’d
like to see you raise a storm—
I’m
waiting: I’m waiting for the hail,
and
the rising seas, and the vessel perturbed
(the
sails sheer-reefed) — I’d like to hear
the
rigging shriek — green water crashing on the deck—
and
sense the fear, and see the flaming corposant.
But
you can’t. Well, I’ll do your dirty work
pejoratively.
And, when all’s over,
I’ll
stand in the dock and cry my innocence:
but
only if you perjure your witness-self
on oath.
I exact a heavy price for acting
as I
do, and doing as you say. Spirits
such
as I command alacrity.
David
Wheldon, 2011
back
---
-----
---
