"La Foudre"

Pc 019; H: 58 cm; W: 34 cm; Satin varnish

Text and photos: Gérard Carly

Against winds, hail, storms

So many years to resist

Dark are the heavens, thunder rumbles

Lightning bolts

In my foot, one struck

Crunchy, burnt

On the ground lying, terraced

With one hand picked up

For a second life to begin.