Heart-Worn Highways

Photo by Amy Shamblen on Unsplash

Charles Bukowski probably said (or wrote)
That we are here to laugh at the odds.
I’d say it all depends. Listening to a rich
New Englander (Martha’s Vineyard)
Pontificate upon the miniaturist artists
Of the Renaissance in the ever-so well
Unknown salons of Venice or Florence.
Such pale shadows of the British Imperialist
Tomb raiders of the nineteenth century.
The daughters of these rich families
Wish to make a statement in art, as far as it goes.
The Situationist would say this: the greatest
Work of art is the council house. The second
Is the factory. Regular money that set us free.