A strange poem on a failed painting

By Jack Brummet

I found this old painting I did (maybe 20 years ago). It was stashed away somewhere at my in-laws mansion, and surfaced as people were cleaning it out.  The painting was failed, clearly.  It had scratch outs and cancellation marks all over the canvas.  But I'd also tried to write a poem on a patch of red paint.

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