Figure of Loss
2023
Woodblock Print (Water-based ink), Risograph
on mulberry paper
Grandad (5.16)
Purple, silk-cut 100s
A pack a day,
1000 packs since she died.
Always in that chair
As if death would move on
If he went out for longer than a smoke.
The twill sofa covers stink of it -
His wishing for an end
Blisters the linoleum in the kitchen
Beneath groceries rotting in the fridge
And ready-made meals
Calcified against freezer walls
Eyes ridden with cataracts, ears
He let fail
While you’re waiting to die,
I’m drying off my boots at the door
Just let me in.
Exhibited in: The Ráth Survives, Alphabet Soup.