Damp Souls of Housemaids
1993 69 x 69cm

Damp Souls of Housemaids

Oil Painting :
1993 :
69 x 69cm

Painting inspired by ‘Morning at the Window’ a poem by T.S. Eliot
They are rattling breakfast plates in basement kitchens,
And along the trampled edges of the street
I am aware of the damp souls of housemaids
Sprouting despondently at area gates.

The brown waves of fog toss up to me
Twisted faces from the bottom of the street,
And tear from a passer-by with muddy skirts
An aimless smile that hovers in the air
And vanishes along the level of the roofs.