Hephaestus
(On Eduardo Paolozzi’s ‘Portrait of the Artist’, modelled on
‘The artist as Hephaestus’ shown at The Lightbox, Woking)
Don’t mess with me. Few of your children
know my name. But this one looked,
and in his thoughts
I was weapon-maker, Space Marine,
worthy to be miniaturised, immortalised.
A Special Character, perhaps 200 points.
He knew what I could do, saw
the futuristic cannon in my hand,
efficient killer of powerful enemy tanks,
the pack on my back to let me breath
strange atmospheres. My leg braces
powered armature, striding across
far future battlefields. He did not care
for the artist, bellows in hand,
kindling the forge of creativity.
If you will not let us myths
loose in your nurseries in one form,
we will find another.
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