Take a butcher’s red by Goya
And an arctic blue by El Greco.
Gently fold in an agonised beige by Grunewald
And a dead grey-green by Caravaggio.
Add, if you wish, a few tormented lines by Mervyn Peake.
Put the whole in a sanatorium garden
As depicted by Vincent van Gogh.
Allow to marinate.
Serve chilled.
Await the Guernica effect.
By Jonathan Steffen
