the artist calls it
“red truck in bookstore”
like
still-life
like
“white flowers in vase by window”
or
“pond with clouds over mountain”
like that
but different
inspired by true events
when a small red truck had angry sex
with a neighborhood bookstore
soon after, people gathered to gawk
just Looky-loos
but some of them were painters
and some of them got excited for this rare opportunity to paint
“red truck in bookstore”
and set up their easels
and look here, the artist was clever
under the right front wheel
a children’s book with a cartoon red truck on the cover
sadly, some don’t have what it takes
some can’t look directly at
“red truck in bookstore”
they look away, instead they paint
“old honda with flat tire”
or
“broken bottle in gutter”
or
“stray dog pissing on dumpster”
stuff like that
as for method and technique, it was a fortunate disaster
imagine the exact moment the art happened
drunk teenagers texting in red truck spinning out
over median crashing into bookstore
imagine painting that happy moment!
imagine the glory, imagine all the art critics wetting their pant!
imagine the headlines:
last night, two red trucks crashed headfirst into each other inside
the capital hill bookstore on colfax and grant
one real as red steel, the other a fairytale
witnesses claim “art imitates life”
no fatalities reported, rescue crews and
art school students working around the clock
personally, i like
“red truck in bookstore”
its brave, its original, its both urban and quaint all squished together
its colorful, if you like endless layers of red truck
yes indeed, i like
“red truck in bookstore”
just not on my block
red truck in bookstore
jalopy dreams 