DEFENCELESS UN- / DER THE NIGHT / OUR WORLD IN / STUPOR LIES YET / DOTTED EVERY- / WHERE IRONIC / POINTS OF LIGHT / FLASH OUT WHER- / EVER THE JUST / EXCHANGE THEIR / MESSAGES MAY I / COMPOSED LIKE / THEM OF EROS AND / OF DUST BELEAG- / UERED BY THE / SAME NEGATION / AND DESPAIR, SHOW / AN AFFIRMING / FLAME W.H. AUDEN / SEPTEMBER 1 1939, 18 x 24 inches, acrylic on wood panel, 2018