Magpie Tales 106: Some Call It Art. Some Call It Food.

1965, Manhattan, New York, New York, 

USA  Andy Warhol looking at Campbell’s soup cans in 

Gristede’s supermarket .  Image by © Bob Adelman/Corbis

an argument for art: 

Andy's condensation 

of history 

there was no need. 

the wheel had been 

invented by some 

"one", or some 

collective, and 

here we were: 

searching for artistry 

in the past;  a grand 

condensation of ideas 

spawning creativity. 

or not. 

but money talks. 

as do the dead. 

as do those whose 

somewhat original ideas 

revolutionized everything 

and nothing 

at all. 

Poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker 

Photo shared by Tess Kincaid