2X2
2×2
by gerard sarnat
BICOASTALS
I. “Woman Ironingâ€
Rounding Guggenheim’s bend
toward Picasso’s teen masterpiece,
pretending to listen to Audio Guide, instead,
I turn it off to voyeur a high school rainbow.
When the just-in-from-the-boroughs gaggle
stops front of the prodigy, I eavesdrop their babel
as one sober pierced dude
whispers to his crew:
“The bleak blues and grays
weigh down on all working class mothersâ€
— while most others still gossip
away about this about that.
As the herd drifts near
Woman With Yellow Hair, I hear two who
sport pink and purple Mohawks debate
whether it’s zit or tear on Maria Therese’s face.
It’s good to see a long poem. The left aligning and centering immediately caught my attention visually. Sometimes the submissions program doesn’t Copy/Paste from Word too well so you have to just type whole piece in to remove double spacing between lines…unless that’s what you want. 2×2 is 2 poems by 2 poems [or sections of poem] making 1 poem with different subject material in each…with existential theme. Very thought provoking in reflective sense…my kind of poem.
Word choice is so visceral and real using out-of-ordinary words to escape the cliche: gaggle, babel, boogeyin’, Harlows, etc. etc. Equations at end of poem top off an already fantastic piece. I look forward to reading this again to get more ‘connections’. Thanks Mr. Sarnat!