N.C. Wyeth, American
“Ohhhh, You Wanted TO Escape? I Thought You Were Looking for AN Escape. For Me, That’s My Art,” 1908
Oil on canvas
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/// Among things guards in prison despise
are to hear snark and sass from these guys.
Conrad’s cellmate could joke,
but no guards heard he spoke.
(This is titled: “He Talked with His Eyes.”)
/// Conrad wondered how Al could convey
with an eye flash all he meant to say.
He’ll express what he knows.
It seems some cons are pros,
linking minds in an ESP way.
/// As the two convicts sit on that rig,
while whitewashing one wall of their “brig,”
Al’s green eyes seem to share:
“All these stripes that we wear…
tell the truth, do they make my butt big?”