Naming of Art

To-day we have naming of art. Yesterday,

We had a bunch of new. And to-morrow morning,

We shall have what is considered old. But to-day,

To-day we have naming of art. The empty battlefield

Glistens over the now-blank canvas like awaiting someone,

And to-day we have naming of art.

This is the upper part. And this

Is the lower part, whose lines you must follow,

When you are given your brushes. And this is the middle part

Which in your case is the most important. The colours,

Slide together on the blanks creating a dramatic tone,

Which in our case is important.

This is the paintbrush, which is always held

Between two fingers. And please do not let me

See you let it slip. You can hold it quite tight

If you have any strength in your hand. The bodies

Are fragile laying emotionless on the now less blank canvas, never letting anyone see

You losing your slip.

And this you can see is the colours. The purpose of these

Are to make impressions, as you see. We can slide it

Rapidly up and down: we call this

Making an impression. And rapidly down and up

The soldiers are looking on from the background:

They call it making an impression.

They call it making an impression: it is perfectly easy

If you have any strength in your hand: like the colours,

And the impressions, and the paintbrush, and the dramatic tone,

Which in our case should be evident: and the bodies lie,

Silent on the now-coloured ground with the soldiers looking on,

For to-day we have naming of art.

(Pastiche - a picture painted of a horrible war)