Hazardous

by Stephen C. Middleton

Hazardous
Eva Hesse / asbestos – incorrectly flued
Touch, charged (she says), dangerous
Jewellers’ spray & chemicals, no mask
Lessons in the making
Sculptures – fire & kiln
Damp paper – on which Blind Willie Johnson
Rested, stoking infection
Or; synaptic spark
Dies in dark & complicated void
Design & default, dejection.