Self Portrait, by Steve Talbert

SELF PORTRAIT

Self portrait of same…in

The watercolor medium

Which anyone who’s picked

Up a brush knows to be difficult.

Some well chiseled face of self with

Upturned Nose…not the Mediterranean style

Large, and bone protruding (like Mine)

But a Celtic tribal feature.

Possible; Boudicca herself

Who nearly beat Rome

But got overconfident and lost.

Also, never got too much sun.

Yes, a pouty confident woman

With considerable manual skill!

And college educated; definitely

A degree in communications.

Later after graduation, several

Years spent in Corporate bureaucracy

With cubicle space and WIFI …Until

Finally, the brushes came out for real.

by Steve Talbert