I know what you see but
It isn’t me. But how can it be
It is only a projection–
Of your dream,
Your dream of the world as
You want it to be–
Always younger, always prettier, always fresher.

Only the next second
is a virgin, Want to touch?
“Are you experienced?”

Like a thought, it’s gone–spent.
Can you taste it on your finger tips?
Can you see it on your finger tips?

Gone to the middle place
caught in the “in between”–
between nowhere and somewhere

And here comes another–
pay attention–catch it!
(don’t let them go by
uncherished, unloved, forgotten)
Too late, gone
gone (for you) forever
Believe!

(Go wash your hands.)
Only seconds are virgins.
But are there enough?

The worlds must grow up
If you live long enough
You’re going to be old–

Believe!

Old will look good on you
And you will be beautiful
as beautiful as every child
Feel the power in you.

I tell you be around the old
for if you are lucky you will embrace
how to be happy as the years
touch you kiss you, smack you, and make you pure

I am where you must go
If you live long enough
You’re going be old,
so plan now–

Believe!

(b.1960)

Ramekon O’Arwisters “SuperArt Hero” obtained a Master of Divinity from
Duke University in 1986 and has participated in Yale University School
of Art’s Painting Scholarship Program. Commercial products are coded
carriers of social and political attitude in his art. Oreos join watermelon
seeds, bananas and women’s handbags as the physical stand-ins for
racial and political prejudice. Ramekon “SuperArt Hero” engages
ordinary objects of consumption to reveal their deeply- rooted
symbolism, an activity that offers personal and social catharsis.
Ramekon “SuperArt Hero” was a recepient of the prestigious Artadia
Award in 2002 and attended the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in
2003. His work on paper is in the collection at The Fine Arts Museums of
San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, California. In
2005, Ramekon “SuperArt Hero” displayed his artwork at the LGBT
Center at Duke University.

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