Drinking With Art Majors - Poem #46

A Poem by toritto

Sipping on her green drink
turning to her girlfriend
her lips move and sound comes out

“Remember that Dadaism
rejected the prevailing standards
of art through anti-art in order to
ridicule the meaninglessness
of life in the modern world;

that to be Dada
was anarchist in nature.”

I’m staring. Is it wrong to stare?
Oh yeah. I love to hear her talk
watch her lips say da-da.
I hope she’s an anarchist.

Girl friend nods and tilts her long neck
“Well now I understand.
See I was having difficulty
grasping neo-Dada
so I decided to go back
to the time before neo.”

Neo thinks I?
No not that Neo as in Matrix
neo as in Dada
sipping on my Corona
watching number one’s breasts
rise and fall.
Did I mention that
I love the way she says da-da?

“Neo is exemplified by the use
of modern materials
popular imagery
and absurdist contrast
patently denying the traditional
concepts of aesthetics.
See?”

Patently absurd.
I love her aesthetics
especially her lips.
the way she mouths Dada.

“Since Dada is anti war
anarchist and anti bourgeois
in it can be found the
roots of punk.”

Sid and Nancy Da-da.
Who cares? I think I love you.

“Finally it’s a great help in
understanding
the anti-art sensibility of fluxus”.

Did she just say fluxus?
“Want to get out of here? See my etchings?”