A Great Work of Art

A Great Work of Art By Elton Camp Modern art is wonderful, some folks say It’s very hard for me to see it that way It has whimsical shapes and color bright A three-year-old child it might well delight And it could be pleasing to some M.F.A. Who just adores a painting done that way Maybe to some, astonishing talent it shows, But, I have to confess, I am not one of those “You’re a uncultured clod,” a critic may shout Probably so, but I know what a scam is about Here’s a giraffe head and there a bar code Methinks dirty brushes the artist did unload Instead of then throwing the canvass away He calls it art and hopes someone will pay Wait, there’s a red elephant head with a trunk But I still have to admit, to me it is just junk It’s like gazing to a sky with many a cloud Most any interpretation the viewer’s allowed But when such is called art, I sorta believe Some untalented hack laughs up his sleeve