Synaesthetic symphony

plays out behind the drapes      

as a figure becomes realised;

each line and tone to form, compose,

a mirroring in real eyes,

a lesson in anatomy

Energies of form release to

represent a vertebrae

Fit chin to floor, rib to eye

Geometric nipple

planes to ankle

by degrees

Pelvic make up, breast and buttock,

brushed in oil,

scratched with ink,

pencilled in,

untouched by tongue or fingertip

This water-coloured undulation,

sabled imitation of cool translucent skin,

is caught on canvas, every freckle,

wrinkle, dip and nook

Here primitive, there pointillist;

a cubist took the curves to task,

carved angles out of rounds

Pastels captured shadows and the sunlight rainbow hue

of a body within bodies,

ringed within the sketching room