John Hertzberg.
Countdown to No Conclusion.1993.
Mixed Media Collage, 30" x 40". $1000.

Countdown to no conclusion
Ideas and feelings
Lost amidst the confusion
The Rosetta Stone splitting the sky
Constellations and consternation
Running high
Telephone lines trapped in Magenta mist
Earthquakes of the past
Reoccuring like nightmares tacked
High upon the lamppost of the night
Energies exploding
Flying into space
Theories discussing formation
Of the human race
The Vagabond Thief lost
Beneath manganese rings
Spinning above headlines
Tatooed to a bleached white wall
Just above ballots to recall
Past freedoms won at high cost
Many people searching
Trying to recapture
All that they've lost
Library cards no longer valid
The Blue Angel laid to rest
Just another headline
No star billing this time around
Playing second fiddle
To rage and past philosophies
Colliding on the battlefield
Of live TV
Words of wisdom lost
Only ratings count
Not scrutiny
Soft snow covered mountains appearing
Through the rings of time
Quite close to the all night Madonna
Sharing voices from the past
Pointing out clearly
One can never go back
Within Reality's web
Spinning wildly
Inside his head