Text:
A Friend to the Liver and Blood – The prickles cut off – They were formerly used to be boiled and eaten with other herbs – But as the World decays so doth the Use of good old things – And others more delicate and less virtuous brought in
So – Ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are – For blood it defileth the land – And the land can't be cleansed – Of the blood that is shed therein – But by the blood of him that shed it
Live! – I say unto thee – When thou was polluted – in thine own blood – Live!
Relieves Melancholy, 2006
graphite on paper
16.5" x 21"