Unpainted

                   Unpainted by Rauschenberg

MELLOW YELLOW MONDAY

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UNPAINTED

I find this very pleasing

Though I don't quite understand

What was meant by 'unpainted'.

Was the artwork planned?

Or did it happen by accident

When paint oozed in the night

And left a golden palette,

All glittery and bright?

'Unpainted' is the title

So I must just accept

That it wasn't actually created

By someone quite  adept.

It doesn't really matter;

I've enjoyed it from the start.

In fact, I have a weakness 

For accidental art.

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VOLKSWAGEN

I learned to drive in this little car,

(Well, not this one precisely,

But as  something similar to my car

It will do very nicely.)

My 'Beetle' was red and the year is right,

Somewhere about 1950.

I had bought it second-hand

Because I was feeling thrifty.

I was living in Bulawayo then,

The Rhodesian roads were wide,

And as I drove in my little car

I felt a sense of pride.

It wasn't an easy car to drive;

One had to double-de-clutch!

But I was young and adventurous

So that didn't worry me much.

The drive across to Salisbury,

(Now Harare, by the way),

Was really long and lonely;

It seemed to take all day.

The roads weren't fully paved back then;

There were 'strips' on which to travel,

And one could skid from side to side

And end up in the gravel.

I had no music for company

So I sang out loud and long,

And looking at this Volkswagen now

Still fills my heart with song.

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