Early European Painting
Another painting,
John the Baptist
in the desert this time,
and then next up,
Madonna and child
followed by a saint being stoned
with angels in the wings
(no pun intended)…
centuries old,
almost rupturing with faith,
how can I tell these beatific faces
that I prefer Picasso’s Cubist nudes,
Magritte’s locomotive
roaring out of the fireplace,
Hopper’s Nighthawks,
Pollock’s abstract impressionism.
A guard is eying me
in case I mess with the art.
St Stephen is eyeing me
and my handful of stones.
John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident. Recently published or about to be published in New Plains Review, South Carolina Review, Gargoyle, Big Muddy Review, Louisiana Review, Cape Rock and Spoon River Poetry Review.