it could have been like this.

it could have been
like this so
many choices and
this being
the first time
with bones and all.

maybe the one
where I
could have talked
to myself or
laughed or

the one
with two legs.
that are somehow
fused together. why
this should happen
is a mystery.

Diptych for Daddy

Ink and Gouache on Mylar

Charles Tripp

Ink and Gouache on Mylar
with Collage

hey baby.

Hey baby

these bones in boots

wait among spatters of

moon-flowers evergreens

snow static we thought

something was promised

you said: “See!”

eyes wide open my baby

can’t believe. my eye

sockets, no wind.

in thousands we stood

baldheaded in snow

in formation, alone,

I hold you baby they

birthed you for this.

leaves falling yellow

bardo snow-flowers

rising green screams

and we stand waiting –

my baby and me.

SOMETHING FOR NOTHING

i'm not sure why...

But I think this has something to do with Walt Disney.

Gouache and ink on mylar

mylar/shadowbox drawings

Twins II 2009





















Jolly Nelly 2009
Gouache and Ink on Mylar 9" x 6"