Thomas Hart Benton, American
Courtroom Sketch By Artist Who Left His Glasses in the Car, ca. 1964
Oil on canvas
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Info, or perhaps links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here, here (archived if necessary), here, here, here, here, here (can be read in full for free on Fridays), here (archived if necessary), here, here, here, and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page.
/// …then he dreamt of a courtroom with creatures
who were faceless with featureless features.
One blank stood in the aisle:
“You can’t sleep at your trial,
and your farts can be heard in the bleachers!”
/// He explained that the reason he snored
was quite simple: he’s trapped and he’s bored.
Lawyers speak of some scheme
and that’s his cue to dream.
All things negative will be ignored.
/// I believe I know what his dreams meant.
They claim he had illegal intent.
Beset by faceless forces,
(just like all his divorces),
he’s here— (irony!) —not by consent.
/// That their faces were only a blur,
just shows how unimportant they were.
All external things dim
if they’re not about him,
or with his shifting statements concur.