the artist / old man worn by passage of time / still retained ability to kindle flame a sensuality within h’self / soon began ta ponder the boy’s sexuality / drool on / Spunkface / wondered / did he masturbate / wank / the magic word / boy was old enough ta have discovered this route ta pleasure / old artist tries to visualise the private moment the boy indulges the inclination / careful to do so when alone so the little squirt wouldnt read his thoughts / interest would embarrass the boy / no desire to do / images conceived in erotic sentimental mood / cradle love / not share openly / so it happened / one day / countryside / regular excursion / boy left artist immersed drawing old oak / gone swim / lake close by / beautiful day / blue open sunlit sky / old artist works his drawing through afternoon ignorant o passage a time / eventually begins ta miss the silent attentiveness of his pupil / tired of drawing / packed utensils / search for boy / descending through trees rising steeply from edge of lake / climbing stiffly over slanting trunks / branches / am I going in the right direction / there / Angelino naked as a faun / half sun half shade / artist froze / dappled sunlit wanking / slow / faster / arch back / shoot / pulls up trousers / ties cord / fully out of sunlight splashing face climbing towards petrified artist / sunlight splashing tangled hair dripping pearl across dark glint eyes / old man emboldened by desire coursing bloodrace / must not run / this is an erection / first in years / how will he greet me / moving into view / boy picks out old man amid trees / hello-smile / wave / old man crouches / holds out long thin bony fingered hand / boy standing below him / short steep drop of earth / forgotten hard-on droops / intimidated by innocent simplicity / damn right / Angelino pokes his master’s trouser bulge playfully / wink / bounds off / old artistic heart truly a flutter / hammering against bony old ribcage / wiping his brow with pocket rag / smiles at self-importance created by these moments / whistling come-what-may / who’s the pupil eh?