Wishing you a Merry Christmas,
and all the best for 2024.
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Oil on canvas, 24″ x 36″
Painted on location at Pittingales Point near Marloes, looking S towards Gateholm Island
Completed 1st September 2019
No letter this year – just this poem:
To anyone who has already read it in Peninsula Papers, apologies…
THE 2023 GAZA NATIVITY
Oh, we’ve thousands of desperate Marys and Josephs to choose from,
And hundreds of suffering little Jesuses,
All perfect for the part;
Plus, obviously, an almost infinite supply
Of Herods of any ilk,
Every one as evil as you could wish!
Also there is definitely no room in the inn;
Or, rather, what’s left of it.
But nobody can arrange a star;
And the artillery star shells they’ve plenty of,
Are very keen to send up for us,
Just won’t do.
Meanwhile – no matter how hard we look,
However many people we ask…
Not a wise man to be found anywhere.
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