Gilded Birdcage

 Home

Captivated 

hold me close

intrigued I want to believe in

liberation 

we're all deceived 

hanging on 

out to dry  

each one hung

don't you see now

which side 

peacocks Rome

Rousseau's jungle

dream freedom

their stage a golden cage

curtains raised 

the actors gone

just you and me 

no paradise

but here

a garden

image: The Golden Birdcage 

pen &ink, spray paint on ricepaper on interfacing

60 x 50 cm 

JS 2020