Rain #1 : The Sound of Rushing Water14 X 11 X 2. 25 Acrylic on Canvas We Were Three Drown Rats Soaked Clear to the Core With Stories and Pain And Torrential Rain Adventure We Could Not Ignore We Told Eli Our Son About a Beach with Rock Where Tidepools Form The Water is Warm And Seagulls and Pelicans Flock We Checked All of the Maps And Considered the Date Then Packed Up the Car For Travelling Far Excited We Just Couldnt Wait Prepared Like Three Scouts Tougher Than Leather Then Caught in

” I love the graphics of Rick’s signature checkerboard motif

has taken a fancy to the three sisters

I created an urban

Before long the notes stop coming

I created the unlit

” Originally

McCartney’s Union Jack Höfner Bass

I reworked one of my older paintings and used the original “American Gothic” characters as templates to build this “Couple” of horror portrait

Then when you started liking me

The geometric shapes flanking the two dark characters like a decorative border

and Laughter

but I know you’ll never like me again after this