Short Galleria Poems

Art
in the
bakery-
will she buy this
one

Tribute to Johanna Ey artf=dealer/artists friend

Johaanna Ey by Otto Dix
http://www.mess.net/galleria/dix/ey.html 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanna_Ey...

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I spy it in the galleria
It is gorgeous, a cabinet of my choosing
I bid on it, confident.
There is another bid.
I turn and stare at my opponents – two of  them.
They begin outbidding each other 40, 45, 60, 70, 80.
A hundred and twenty! I yell.
I don’t even want it now, but it is all about the win.
I finally get it at $300, a sixty dollar cabinet.
Whew!...

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The panderer's grandiose smitten scheme
spectacular invention those calibrated scenes,
gradation of movement in unhurried steps
resistance ineffectual fallen to debt...

Marvelously sculptured are unscrupulous ideas,
lavishly displayed within bubbled galleria
tempted to chance overwhelming desire,
dissapating blazon our spiritual fire...

Corruption and greed,is not our human nature,
more appropriate are unjust errant ventures......

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I am sitting at my desk
Looking for a bright idea.
I look at the empty paper
Waiting for a poem for the galleria.

I waited for the right time
When I was in the mood to write.
But now I wait for inspiration
To let my imagination take a flight.

I mess my hair frustrated
As I rack my brain for inspiration.
I think back on the words of poets
Then I hit a realization.

Everyone has always said
Inspiration is all around.
What your surroundings offer 
Will leave you astound....

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