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Salvador Dali died today he was the artist of surrealist fame he was in my dream last night Picasso was there too in my dream we were driving down highway 41 in a two toned Day-Glo orange VW bus camouflaged with make love/not war graffito our destination unclear but eternal Jack Kerouac sat behind the wheel singing hang on St Christopher the trees were slumped melting on the side of the road Salvador sat strapped by two sea serpents to the hood of the bus with the sculpture Mercury in Flight anchored cowboy style between his legs looking very much like the grand master illusionist after all he was the artist of surrealist fame Picasso sat in the crimson lipped back seat with a nude and a musician playing Dylan on a mandolin the melody floating in the translucent velvet air Salvador summersalted in a amusing array of arabesque revolutions to the top of the bus the two sea serpents transformed into a Rickenbacker guitar and began to play & dance looking madly like a mix between a prancing matador and a matinee idol after all he was the artist of surrealist fame i sat next to jack in the passenger seat scribbling on a faded postcard embellished with a Man Ray photograph of Uri Geller bending spoons suddenly in the distance two transparent figures appear dancing upon the Rubeneque patchwork prairies their language is Dada Dada Dada
©2003 by William Sovern
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