The Ass in the Tiger’s skin
2023
2020–23, masking tape, metal, polyethylene, oil paint, charcoal
the tiger’s might
the ass’ sin
the tiger might have skinned
herself
a rug a cape a cloak a claw
a hidden beast
a broken law
excoriated second skin
hung upon the wretch’s flesh
the wretched stretch
of dermis drawn
abraded thin
until the light creeps
sight seeps in
there lies the braying fool within
Elliot Lewis
@elliotlllewis
Elliot Lewis is a writer and astrologer based in London. He studied Art History and Architecture at the University of Cambridge before moving to Paris to work as a translator. .
Exhibited at GOMO, Vienna. Photos by Sophie Pölzl.