Ranger21 Jan 2007
This is pretty good actually. The images are well-crafted and effective. It needs a more careful second read though. I'll come back later. Metrically, I like it mostly, although some places need reworking ('crimson/Artistes' etc.). rockmage might have a point about there being too many words though, ones like 'while', 'now', 'then' can probably be edited out or replaced.
'spec' = 'speck'?
'resignly' = 'resignedly'?
Love the final stanza :-)