7 June 06

Portrait

My left hand: a pen and ink drawing

Every day
I draw
my left hand
the lines
get deeper
the knuckles
grow rounder
the nails
still strong
at forty-seven

Clutching at
illusion
foreshortened globs
my hand says
no hiding

The women
south of here
pay millions for
young faces
but you can’t
botox
a hand…

Paired journey:
one records
the other
is

Submitted for Illustration Friday’s theme: Portrait and prompted by Leslee’s musing on her age today

Posted by at 05:34 PM in Design Arts | Link |
  1. that’s beautiful! :-)
    — Fer Guimaraes Rosa    7. June 2006, 19:33    Link
  2. Clutching at illusion…

    Wonderful poem! Glad my musings inspired something worthwhile!

    one records
    the other
    is

    I love that.
    — leslee    7. June 2006, 19:48    Link
  3. WOW. Wow wow WOW! (I was going to say “for both,” but they really are One.)
    — Doc Rock    8. June 2006, 09:16    Link
  4. Nice.
    — Dave    8. June 2006, 17:06    Link
  5. Very very nice indeed. Now for the full Monty, the self-portrait to enter the marathon. Go to crackskullbob’s website.
    — Natalie    9. June 2006, 10:26    Link

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