When the Abstract Expressionists
went to the moon
and discovered
the Expressionists
had left an egg
rolling to a standstill
for them to discover.
*
*
*
The egg comes from a painting of mine.
The bird imagery comes from digital experimentation.
The idea about the Abstract Expressionists
and Expressionists
and moon travel (involving an egg)
came in a humorous flash.
My father brought home FBI WANTED POSTERS his friend, the agent, gave him. I spread them out on the bed and frightened myself with aliases, previous crimes, and last known locations. What is white slavery? He has a bazooka? The square inked fingerprints looked like Neolithic patterns connected to the criminal’s inner mind. Photographs were specific yet vague. He could be at the music store, in line at the Frozen Dairy stand. If a car slowed down, surely one of the most wanted had followed me – possibly for hours.
from my book Meme-Noir (2019)
poemimage 