Private view ...

I placed my glass of red on the mantelpiece between two elephant tusks - 

I ran my fingers over the anguished ivory - 

The prominente in the gallery spoke softly - 

They looked at the photographs of Colonel Harrison - 

Tigers, elephants -.

Beautiful jungle creatures - 

Piteous in sudden death - 

The colonel's diary - 

Trite sentences justifying slaughter - 

20 October 2022

Woodend 

Scarborough