The lamenting of the hares ...

The hares raise their anguished heads to the killing sky - 

They weep in a nameless desert - 

A pelican spreads its wings - 

I hear the lamenting of the hares in the marble room -

My skin is caked with sand - 

My eyes fill with their tears - 

Paula Rego Exhibition 

Tate Britain 

London

19 August 2021