I paint frantically
With a zealot’s fervor
Splashing thick acrylics
On boards and canvases
Fashioning crooked
Gaudy trout, sauntering bears
A naked woman
Carrying a fly rod like a spear.
A shrink could have a dandy
Afternoon observing
This frantic action
Gratis, I would insist,
Like a clinical trial,
Painting away devils
Not yet FDA-approved.