Oscar Wilde went to prison for being naughty......Yet, our politicians commit just about every imaginable crime against humanity, human self-respect and the welfare of the Nation that they presume to represent and protect........work for as little as a couple of years, then run off with 'our' money, leaving a trail of deceit and deception that few, in the past, were even 'on to'.....It's time to indict a few hundred 'suits and ties' that grandstand behind cameras and microphones....as a totally confused Populace watches a million edits, stammering lies in the saddle, and general ring-in-the nose cattle roundups for the slaughterhouses of contempt and despair.....
What's all this Mess all about, Alfie?....What's 'IT' all about?
THIS AFTERNOON, THREE YEARS AGO, I SPENT ABOUT A HALF HOUR DISINFECTING, THEN CLEANING "IT" OF BLACK MOLD, VARIOUS FUNGI AND MILDEW.....AND DRYING THE WARPED LINEN CANVAS WITH A HAIR DRYER....JUST TO SEE WHAT THE HELL "IT" WAS 'ALL ABOUT'......THEN, SUDDENLY, '"IT" ALL CAME BACK': "WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT'......FEELING A BIT OF NOSTALGIA, I PHOTOGRAPHED "IT", SURROUNDED IT WITH A VIRTUAL FRAMING JOB....AND....HERE...IT "IS", UNBUCKLED AND 'RESTORED...DIGITALLY'.....AT THE TIME OF ITS CREATION.....1966, WHILE I WAS IN ONE OF PURYEAR MIMS' ART CLASSES AT VANDERBILT.....I WAS THINKING: "SOON, I WILL BE A GREAT ARTIST or WRITER or PSYCHIATRIST, or FASHIONISTA.......AND MY WORKS WILL HANG IN GALLERIES, ALL OVER THE WORLD!"..... WELL.......THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, DID IT? I GAVE UP "PAINTING" SHORTLY THEREAFTER......CRESTFALLEN, THAT I WAS NOT 'THE NEXT BIG DEAL' AND ...
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