Floating Man

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A selection from the work:

 

Van Ga Ga

everybody's ga ga

over Van Gogh

they don't know

they don't know

 

he was too crazy

to have a real life

children

a day job

a friend

a wife

 

burning up the canvases

 with yellows and blues

marrying his

madness

to busy cafes

and work worn shoes

 

it's

Vinnie!

Vinnie!

Vinnie!

Vinnie!

a million pricey tickets

for his fans to see

all the pretty paintings

he painted for free

Vinnie

Vinnie

Vinnie

Vinnie

Vinnie

Vinnieeeeeeee

 

everybody's ga ga

over Van Gogh

they don't know

they don't know

 

Vinnie dove deep

 

deeper than Phillipe

of Jacques Costeau

 

living like a vagrant

tortured like a saint

he had to paint

he had to paint

he had to paint

he had to paint

 

paint to keep from melting

like a sculpture made of snow

he knew who he was

he was Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh

 

the mastermind

behind

yellow and blue

 

who knew

who knew

 

he knew

he knew

 

everybody's

ga ga

over Van Gogh

they don't know

they don't know