THE HISTORY OF OUR ART, ILLUSTRATED

THE HISTORY OF OUR ART, ILLUSTRATED: FROM MADONNA AND CHILD TO MUD ON A WINDSHIELD

Titles are important
after all, we learned, 
but, first, thought length 
sufficient a criterion.

Every night taking turns, 
my love and I 
began our book 
with high exhilaration.

We thought to read 
the longest we could find, 
spelling one another 
to avoid exhaustion.

The Vasari artists, great, 
Rembrandt and Van Gogh. 
Homer, Matisse, Picasso! 
But we could never finish.

--Duane Vorhees