Sunday, March 20, 2011

The State of The Arts

He was a beautiful man
Hungarian cab driver in Vienna,
locally referred to as Wien.

Throwing his great 60 year old arms up
declared in a rich baritone voice

Wien, a city filled with art,
over two hundred museums,

Franz Joseph the Hapsburgs were collectors.

Western, Eastern, Asian, African, Persian, Polonaise, Egyptian, Turkish, Greek, Roman,
Ancient, Renaissance, Baroque, Modern
all the masters kept
here in Wien

A city of musical genius
Haydn, Brahms, Mozart, Schumann, Strauss
all kept
here in Wien.

Sculpture along the Danube
and at every turn, beauty,
here in Wren

Architecture, and Gardens equal to any in the world kept,
here in Wien.

BUT

someday I hope to go to your country
to see your great art,
in MEMPHIS
home of

JERRY LEE LEWIS AND ELVIS PRESLEY

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