3.

You long to show
the great face
and the other
wonderful stuff,
inside and out,
but stake the legs 
in ether and hang 
on them.


4.

Never attempt
to reproduce 
the fabulous 
marching action.
Paint them at rest.
Paint each leg 
quickly
as the first spear 
of smoke
from a blown 
candle.

Peter Waldor | Mudlark No. 36
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