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Two final works of art from the Modern Wing collection, each paired with a poem, before we look into a minor league baseball player. I have long been an admirer of Jackson Pollock and have really thought the 1953 masterpiece Greyed Rainbow was about his best. Several years ago after seeing the work I wrote a poem. Here it is:
THE NEWS AS GRAYED RAINBOW
Each evening several professional semi-monotones
Punctuate several news reports right on schedule
With a smooth "and that's this edition of the news" --
With the same voice and the same timing and in plenty of time
For the commercials and the comedies-to-come.
Nice and neat it is as if the daily news were
Painted with the precise warmth of Rembrandt
Chalked with the soft pastels of Degas, or
Sketched with the classic optimism of Norman Rockwell.
Most nights the news were better painted by Jackson Pollock
With his canvas flat on the floor, sloshing and
Squirting the paint from the tubes at random
Each evening several professional semi-monotones
Punctuate several news reports right on schedule
With a smooth "and that's this edition of the news" --
With the same voice and the same timing and in plenty of time
For the commercials and the comedies-to-come.
Nice and neat it is as if the daily news were
Painted with the precise warmth of Rembrandt
Chalked with the soft pastels of Degas, or
Sketched with the classic optimism of Norman Rockwell.
Most nights the news were better painted by Jackson Pollock
With his canvas flat on the floor, sloshing and
Squirting the paint from the tubes at random
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