Info, or perhaps links that point to more info, about the named artist can be found here, here, here, and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated Spanish Wikipedia page has more).
Solstice*1947
1 year ago
/// The artist, lugged by a sillero
up a mountain peak, hangs his sombrero
from his snug wicker chair.
Some lug struggles down there.
Does he care? Waldeck thinks he’s a pharaoh.
/// The poor natives who carry these “gents”
on their backs feel an ache that’s intense. El patrón moves no muscle,
yet spurs porter to hustle.
Breaks his back for a few paltry cents.
/// I would think Waldeck would be ashamed
to paint evidence. He could be blamed
if the Porter should fumble
that chair. Both could tumble,
and both could be killed, if not maimed.
/// Meanwhile, up in the painting above,
a man demonstrates deep and pure love
for his Ford, as he shows
a gal in fancy clothes
the compartment for storing her glove.
/// That convertible makes him feel power.
Let her sit by him? Sure, he’ll allow her.
They’ll get sunshine and air,
(car exhaust, to be fair),
and the seat’s waterproof in a shower.
Solstice*1947
1 year ago
/// As up Everest’s flank they traversed,
air grew thin, Tenzing’s lungs nearly burst.
The “guide” carried a pack,
Edmund, high on his back.
That’s how Hillary reached the top first.
Info, or perhaps links that point to more info, about the named artist can be found here, here, here, and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated Spanish Wikipedia page has more).
/// The artist, lugged by a sillero
up a mountain peak, hangs his sombrero
from his snug wicker chair.
Some lug struggles down there.
Does he care? Waldeck thinks he’s a pharaoh.
/// The poor natives who carry these “gents”
on their backs feel an ache that’s intense.
El patrón moves no muscle,
yet spurs porter to hustle.
Breaks his back for a few paltry cents.
/// I would think Waldeck would be ashamed
to paint evidence. He could be blamed
if the Porter should fumble
that chair. Both could tumble,
and both could be killed, if not maimed.
/// Meanwhile, up in the painting above,
a man demonstrates deep and pure love
for his Ford, as he shows
a gal in fancy clothes
the compartment for storing her glove.
/// That convertible makes him feel power.
Let her sit by him? Sure, he’ll allow her.
They’ll get sunshine and air,
(car exhaust, to be fair),
and the seat’s waterproof in a shower.
/// As up Everest’s flank they traversed,
air grew thin, Tenzing’s lungs nearly burst.
The “guide” carried a pack,
Edmund, high on his back.
That’s how Hillary reached the top first.