Opposed Aesthetics
As the arrested artists
of the masses
whose child faces
turned upon Beauty
the puny
light
of their immobile recognition
made moonвБ†вАФflowers
out of muck
and things desired
out of their tenuous soulвБ†вАФstuff
Until the Ruling Bluff
demanded a hellвБ†вАФfull
of labour
for half a bellyвБ†вАФfull
So did the mongrelвБ†вАФgirl
of NomanвАЩs land
coerce the shy
Spirit of Beauty
from excrements and physicвБ†вАФ
While Esau of Ridover Square
absorbs the erudite idea
that Beauty is nowhere
except posthumously to itself
in the antique
And trains
the common manifestations
of creation
to flatten
before his eyes
to one vast monopattern