VARNISH
he vanished
because he lost
his varnish
the gloss
fell off
end of the licence
afforded to clown face
debate now raging
openly, covertly,
between
reflect
and refract
pitting the opaque
up against
the transparent
no space in this world
of everything hidden,
full disclosure
for the serious serial
beauty of the translucent
the mystery if the word as
it conjures killer fact
hard to
live
where condemned
to reflection, purity
of copy
completeness itself