Middlemarch
I’ve just seen this painting I want to buy
of the store by where the train stops in
Middlemarch.
I come home and paint it.
Martin and I are listening to Fats Waller
“Two Sleepy People”
Four sleepy feet
sprawling on a chair
sipping on a rum and
coke
from the Frigidaire
I love listening to stuff with Martin
He doesn’t feel he has to talk to me
all the time
Like most people do
It’s so exhausting trying to work out
what they’re saying
my brain cuts out.
1984 acrylic on hardboard 900 x 600mm