Ballad of david byrne

BALLAD OF DAVID BYRNE

This is a song
of the visit made
to Venedig
by David Byrne
No better place where
crowds go on
in search of
pleasure, knowledge
fame, or gain.
July or August
time is fine
to visit Europe
to set the sail
so thought
the artist
David Byrne

And when he arrived,
what did he saw?

No wonder -
as from America
he came
not much surprise
supermarket shelves
full-stocked
with images of
3,000 men
These soldiers
in war were slain
Yet nothing bought
was by
David Byrne

Next he saw
a Korean take
Lee Utan was
the master
it wasn't fake
A mounted wall
so smooth and black
that light wouldn't fly
A stone laid by
to create
a delicate contrast.
It all so nice
and asked no interact
so David Byrne
didn't even try

He went ahead
to Russian tent
and stood the queue
to shower stall
with TV rain
of modern news
A thousand images
of talking heads
were falling
on rainbow artist
David Byrne

Then there was
something - lo!
not really - one
in art fair
should not say that
that was wrong.
Naked men were
set in row
to wear
prosthetic vaginas
on them
David Byrne
felt he was
turning on