Poems of the Week

Disinscentive

by Alex Steelsmith

“As [protesters glue themselves to artworks] throughout Europe, museums consider how to respond.”
Smithsonian Magazine

“German artist Werner Härtl creates intricate paintings… using a surprising medium: cow dung.”
Ripley’s.com

Sniffity-whiffity,
feculent canvases
offer advantages,
Werner has found;

when he exhibits them,
self-gluing protesters
characteristically
don’t stick around.