sat thinking / under Angelino’s gaze / old nervous habits gone / twist pull hair / excavate nose / pick dry lip-skin / gone / oh beautiful will power / surprise me / blessed trinity a will power old age serenity / perhaps why tha ol bugger aged sa quick / anyway / whatever / gone / thinking motionless / habitless / serene before tha paintin wall / dirty white / evidence many year a use / box contalnin paints / jars sprout brushes / clean ones / bristle end up / dirty / bristle down / soakin spirit / number a palettes / and all the bloody stuff bought / bought and bloody paid for / painting being a profession / an old profession / over tha years attracted merchants ta supply tha needs / far as could anticipate / comply / so my dear present language exists / pupil attentive-nod / winced sour expression twist Fishface up / word language / na / no more a language than tha images in me mind / pictures never painted / potential language / memory? / explain that / forget