Written for Paul Brookes' ekphrastic challenge - one poem a day in April 2021.
Art
He didn't consider his work to be art
as he sculpted rock with hydraulic skill.
Modern art left him cold, and he wasn't
a fan of Rembrandt either.
His tunnels, like temples and catacombs,remain; the walls scarred by centuries
of marks chiselled, hacked and drilled
that may, in some distant future time,
be discovered and pored over
by the archaeologists of the day.
Who will analyse these historic sites
and discuss the meaning of the words
Dave is a wanker
carved in the wooden column.
Tim Fellows 2021
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