John Hertzberg.
Ribbon Point.1995.
Mixed Media Collage, 60" x 40". $1700.

Early morning light illuminating
Captain Ahab's silver ship
Sailing down an asphalt sea
Docking momentarily
Alongside the landmg
Where Billy the Kid stands waitng
And ftfinkmg about Venus and moonlight
Footsteps running across manganese stones
Bacidit by the unknown
Hearing the Siren's song
Calling from down South
Running along Ribbon Point
A gathering of steel hulled ships
Docking next to society's geometry
With palm trees fluttering
Colors matching harmoniously
Just like the melodies
Coming from cabinets of mahogony
Sounds finely tuned by Adam Smith
Seems Diana and Pony Boy
Have finally arrived at last
Donuts and caffme
One for the road
Chauceresque characters beginning
A pilgrimage to southern visions
Dancing through their minds
Placing on back burners
Realities closing in
Hearing footsteps pounding
Not so far behind
Thinking about Pitures
Crossing over imaginary lines
No Ship of Fools floating by
Hemingway stairw at the sky
Flexing his muscles
Hulk Hogan style
As the cast of characters pauses
Surveying pale magenta islands floating
Along the pristine horizon
Recall black and white reminders
Starring Gregory Peck
Or was it James Dean
All in all they've forgotten
Here come Harodotus
Carrying the refried beans
The first meal orthe day
No Last Supper here
The Sistine Chapel a fond memory
Back out onto the highway
Chasing thoughts of Route 66