Portrait

This will be my most magnificent work to date. All the plaudits and prizes will pale into insignificance next to this masterpiece. A photograph of myself pinned to the easel, I work feverishly, driven to finish.

Unlike pastels or watercolours, this most unusual medium does not lend itself to much alteration. Working at speed, I can see the portrait taking shape before my eyes…

…and so it is complete. My final and best piece of work. The ultimate self portrait painted in the ultimate medium; my own life’s blood.

Posthumous fame will follow… I can rest in peace at last…

(a drabble, exactly 100 words)