"Feed Me Diamonds"

Matisse

Henri he ran the gamut

From genius prodigy

Through mediocre modern

To completely enervated.

And now he's a colossal name in art.

I don't see it.

Who am I to say?

11-21-13

“Feed Me Diamonds”

“What's the good in being good”

When being bad brings money,

And god forgives you anything?

That's how the game is played.

11-21-13

 

Integrity

The law does not exempt the sick

Nor succor the disabled.

The land of god has doctors who

Get rich. And can be purchased.

Vent your soul in poesy.

Integrity is rare.

Sick or well, the bully wins,

Whether is right.

Heaven is for everyone

And no one goes to hell.

Everyone is good. And earth's

The final destination.

11-17-13

On A Picture

I gaze at a picture

And wish for a chart

To guide me to cities of yore -

I am a Gothic

Romantic at heart,

Remembering what went before.

11-20-13

 

Ugly

Beauty is passe.

Ugliness is in.

Simply just to say

“Beauty” is a sin

The common man avoids.

It isn't how he lives.

Crooks and paranoids

Jesus Christ forgives,

But nothing as archaic

As beauty, or as stale.

The brutal and prosaic

Will probably prevail.

11-20-13