Man of Art and Science

Odd detailed paintings hung
on otherwise bare walls
They spill out images of the
detailed human form.
An odd smell wafts about,
remnants of an autopsy are left
behind in the corner
On a small circular table,
near the far left corner sits
a blood stained globe,
and a paint splattered history book
whose details and facts are no longer
relevant.
Though the Dutch windows lay swung open
at the far wall from the door,
nothing can get rid of the smell
of human flesh left behind,
and the creative process
of making beauty out of
the already dead and decaying
still clinging in the air.
paint brushes, and unused canvases
lay waiting on the floor for
the process to start again.
cupboards, on the
upper far left wall, lay open,
exposing acrylic paints and
old sketches that the creator had
left behind.
This was the room  of a
well learned man,
a man of science, as the
magnifying glass in the
corner had shown