The Game Birds (For Bittie)

The reckoning arrived

Like a butterfly from the sky

It was expected

but all eyes cried

'Hold this card'

said the Jokerman

'And while you Hold it

Why not play?'

And bored,

for boredom always sings the same song,

the Judge agreed

for a good round of cards

Commissioned painting for Bittie, December 2019. Cropped version. 65 x 70 cm