Rainman

RAINMAN What is art? Is a question, focus of much conjecture And may be the subject of many an academic lecture “If you has to ask, you ain’t got it” is a neat deflector But “We know it when we see it” less flippant a reflector And chremamorphism may clarify and serve as effector Roles of fiction aesthetically please, in book, stage or film But there are those who steer a life at their own helm Write their story with such style and form that it may o’er-whelm And we're moved, given joy by their being in reality's realm There's one who's presence enhanced many a location As he moved through spheres of news and education With wit, style and verbal finesse played a role with elation I laud him, known as 'Rainman' who’s performed such a part That we perceive his life as a tangible work of art. Thus he in his existence has embodied the aesthetic You find me as the happy and willing perceptor Of a life cast in a holy creator’s kiln A divine and allegorical creation That moves emotions such as to impart A delight as of an experience poetic 25 March 2018 Minuanetta - Poetry Contest