IN MY OWN VILLAGE I THINK THERE ARE MORE SCARECROWS LEFT THAN OTHER PEOPLE MY VERY BONE ENDS BURN WHEN I RAISED MY HEAD THERE WAS MY RIGID BODY LYING BITTER COLD
The text in this drawing is by John Caselberg. It is one of several haiku-like poems that formed Caselberg's initial response to McCahon's request for a suitable text for The Second Gate Series.