Plagiarism Or Revolution
or
New Psalms For The Modern World
by Brian Jude
Dog Day Afternoon's sun summons sweaty humidity,
Causing condensing beads upon my body.
A journey home to the gardenlands
Has still some suprises left in store.
I catch a quick glimpse of the times,
And suddenly spy a change upon the Thoroughfare of Lust.
Wondrous words whose meaning escapes me
Force me into a curious stare:
OUTSIDE THE DELI
PRIMROSES AND DAFFODILS
I OPEN MY COAT
Eh? What, pray tell, is this?
A trio of titles for a new artsy-type theatre?
CRESCENT MOON
STREET CLOWN BOWS
TO HER LAUGHTER
Yet another cryptic mystery
To taunt my understanding!
WITH A FLOURISH
THE WAITRESS LEAVES BEHIND
REARRANGED SMEARS
Is this some new form of impermanent graffiti?
GOING OVER A BUMP
THE CAR AHEAD
GOING OVER A BUMP
Aha! Here's one that's incomplete!
Or is it?
OWLY RECOG
A LARGE DOG
IN THE CAR AHE
What is going on here?
Who is the genius or madman responsible?
BETWEEN THE MOON
AND THE BILLBOARD
A JET LINER RISING
Though my comprehension remains insatiated,
My admiration is tickled.
HOT DAY
UNDER TIGHTS
WHITE SLACKS
JUST HER
Anagrams, perhaps, to be unscrambled?
IN GREENWICH VILLAGE
TOURISTS ASKING
HOW TO GET
TO GREENWICH VILLAGE
Or are they the natives' secret insults to outsiders?
WITH HIS CLIPPERS
THE FLORIST PRUNES
HIS CIGAR
Perhaps they are simply New Psalms for the modern world?
MANY CAN BEAR ADVERSITY
BUT FEW CAN BEAR
CONTEMPT
Or perhaps a demonic cult's cure upon humainity?
MURDER HAS ITS SEXY SIDE
Or are they messages from an unobtrusive observer of religion?
HEAVEN FOR CLIMATE;
HELL FOR SOCIETY
Or just an artist looking for a new medium?
SUNLIGHT SHINES RED
THROUGH MY FATHER'S THUMB
ON THE STEERING WHEEL
What am I to learn from these post-pornography marquis?
Perhaps I am only to view them and think of it what I will.
INTO THE BLINDING SUN
THE FUNERAL PROCESSIONS
GLARING HEADLIGHTS
I leave the Glass Canyon City with an open mind,
Full of words, statements, incomplete thoughts, complete fragments.
ART
IS EITHER PLAGIARISM OR
REVOLUTION
© Brian Jude
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