TWOosters

Two new roosters.
Acrylic on paper.

With a little 23 carat gold.

"STRIPES"

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY

has spoken:

this week's word is 'stripes.'

She could not change her spots, and had been assured

by her friends (principally the zebra and bumblebee) that all males

adored stripes.

"Doesn't it make me look, err, heavy?"

The bee and zebra eyed each other's forms.

The buzzing friend's eyes were inscrutable,

but the zebra spat out a large mouthful of grass

and snorted,"Nonsense!"