Evalyn asked me for another poem. A poet always appreciates being asked…especially if he’s not a real poet, but only a blotter. In any case, I was reminded of this older one because of a recent glass-casting workshop, so I offer it here.
My Patron
I did not get the ninety-thousand dollar
Brilliant blue convertible
Or run away to Paris.
I took a class in glass.
That is, I wondered if I had some art
(Beyond whatever it is I do).
Just a Saturday and Sunday
Cutting out the glass panes,
Listening to the sharp clean crack along the rollered line.
I laughed with everybody else
At broken pieces, shattered patterns.
I’m smiling at the lumpy tiles.
The awkward mirror frame.
Wrapped in paper towels,
I drove them carefully home to you.
Is this the way Picasso felt when Mrs. P
Cleared off her mantelpiece for Guernica?
I’m smiling at how fine art feels.
Copyright © 2003 Richard Laurence Baron
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- Richard Laurence Baron
- I'm an "ad guy," a marcomm award-winner specializing in complex, business-to-business products and services. I create and write programs for clients worldwide - from energy to healthcare to weapon systems. If it smells bad, weighs a ton or is hard to pronounce, I'm the lad you want on your side. Though I’m a multiple winner of awards from the Business Marketing Association, the American Marketing Association, and the Direct Marketing Association, I’m not conceited. My life goal is…amiability.
1 comment:
I so adore the Patron poem..the image of a Mrs. Picasso (which one?) clearing the mantel for Guernica....you are world-class, brother. And the story of the reluctant wheelee? I begin to see what you mean by editing...your stories pack a neat and pointy punch...i do so love how you write...is jury duty over YET?xxev
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