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Said the presidential skeleton
i won't sign the bill
said the speaker skeleton
yes you will
Said the representative skeleton
i object
said the supreme court skeleton
whaddya expect
Said the miltary skeleton
buy star bombs
said the upperclass skeleton
starve unmarried moms
Said the yahoo skeleton
stop dirty art
said the right wing skeleton
forget about yr heart
Said the gnostic skeleton
the human form's divine
said the moral majority skeleton
no it's not it's mine
Said the buddha skeleton
compassion is wealth
said the corporate skeleton
it's bad for your health
Said the old christ skeleton
care for the poor
said the son of god skeleton
aids needs cure
Said the homophobe skeleton
gay folk suck
said the heritage policy skeleton
blacks're outa luck
Said the macho skeleton
women in their place
said the fundamentalist skeleton
increase human race
Said the right-to-life skeleton
foetus has a soul
said pro choice skeleton
shove it up your hole
Said the downsized skeleton
robots got my job
said the tough-on-crime skeleton
tear gas the mob
Said the governor skeleton
cut school lunch
said the mayor skeleton
eat the budget crunch
Said the neo conservative skeleton
homeless off the street!
said the free market skeleton
use 'em up for meat
Said the think tank skeleton
free market's the way
said the saving & loan skeleton
make the state pay
Said the chrysler skeleton
pay for you & me
said the nuke power skeleton
& me & me & me
Said the ecologic skeleton
keep skies blue
said the multinational skeleton
what's it worth to you?
Said the nafta skeleton
get rich, free trade,
said the maquiladora skeleton
sweat shops, low paid
Said the rich gatt skeleton
one world, high tech
said the underclass skeleton
get it in the neck
Said the world bank skeleton
cut down your trees
said the i.m.f. skeleton
buy american cheese
Said the underdeveloped skeleton
we want rice
said developed nations' skeleton
sell your bones for dice
Said the ayatollah skeleton
die writer die
said joe stalin's skeleton
that's no lie
Said the middle kingdom skeleton
we swallowed tibet
said the dalai lama skeleton
indigestion's whatcha get

said the world chorus skeleton
that's their fate
said the u.s.a. skeleton
gotta save kuwait
Said the petrochemical skeleton
roar bombers roar!
said the psychedelic skeleton
smoke a dinosaur
Said nancy's skeleton
just say no
said the rasta skeleton
blow nancy blow
Said demagogue skeleton
don't smoke pot
said alcoholic skeleton
let your liver rot
Said the junkie skeleton
can't we get a fix?
said the big brother skeleton
jail the dirty pricks
Said the mirror skeleton
hey good looking
said the electric chair skeleton
hey what's cooking?
Said the talkshow skeleton
fuck you in the face
said the family values skeleton
my family values mace
Said the ny times skeleton
that's not fit to print
said the cia skeleton
cantcha take a hint?
Said the network skeleton
believe my lies
said the advertising skeleton
don't get wise!
Said the media skeleton
believe you me
said the couch-potato skeleton
what me worry?
Said the tv skeleton
eat sound bites
said the newscast skeleton
that's all goodnight

"Ballad of the Skeletons" by Allen Ginsberg
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'What, me worry?' Painting

Philip Leister

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 72 W x 40 H x 1.5 D in

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Said the presidential skeleton i won't sign the bill said the speaker skeleton yes you will Said the representative skeleton i object said the supreme court skeleton whaddya expect Said the miltary skeleton buy star bombs said the upperclass skeleton starve unmarried moms Said the yahoo skeleton stop dirty art said the right wing skeleton forget about yr heart Said the gnostic skeleton the human form's divine said the moral majority skeleton no it's not it's mine Said the buddha skeleton compassion is wealth said the corporate skeleton it's bad for your health Said the old christ skeleton care for the poor said the son of god skeleton aids needs cure Said the homophobe skeleton gay folk suck said the heritage policy skeleton blacks're outa luck Said the macho skeleton women in their place said the fundamentalist skeleton increase human race Said the right-to-life skeleton foetus has a soul said pro choice skeleton shove it up your hole Said the downsized skeleton robots got my job said the tough-on-crime skeleton tear gas the mob Said the governor skeleton cut school lunch said the mayor skeleton eat the budget crunch Said the neo conservative skeleton homeless off the street! said the free market skeleton use 'em up for meat Said the think tank skeleton free market's the way said the saving & loan skeleton make the state pay Said the chrysler skeleton pay for you & me said the nuke power skeleton & me & me & me Said the ecologic skeleton keep skies blue said the multinational skeleton what's it worth to you? Said the nafta skeleton get rich, free trade, said the maquiladora skeleton sweat shops, low paid Said the rich gatt skeleton one world, high tech said the underclass skeleton get it in the neck Said the world bank skeleton cut down your trees said the i.m.f. skeleton buy american cheese Said the underdeveloped skeleton we want rice said developed nations' skeleton sell your bones for dice Said the ayatollah skeleton die writer die said joe stalin's skeleton that's no lie Said the middle kingdom skeleton we swallowed tibet said the dalai lama skeleton indigestion's whatcha get said the world chorus skeleton that's their fate said the u.s.a. skeleton gotta save kuwait Said the petrochemical skeleton roar bombers roar! said the psychedelic skeleton smoke a dinosaur Said nancy's skeleton just say no said the rasta skeleton blow nancy blow Said demagogue skeleton don't smoke pot said alcoholic skeleton let your liver rot Said the junkie skeleton can't we get a fix? said the big brother skeleton jail the dirty pricks Said the mirror skeleton hey good looking said the electric chair skeleton hey what's cooking? Said the talkshow skeleton fuck you in the face said the family values skeleton my family values mace Said the ny times skeleton that's not fit to print said the cia skeleton cantcha take a hint? Said the network skeleton believe my lies said the advertising skeleton don't get wise! Said the media skeleton believe you me said the couch-potato skeleton what me worry? Said the tv skeleton eat sound bites said the newscast skeleton that's all goodnight "Ballad of the Skeletons" by Allen Ginsberg

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Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

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Size:72 W x 40 H x 1.5 D in

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I’m (I am?) a self-taught artist, originally from the north suburbs of Chicago (also known as John Hughes' America). Born in 1984, I started painting in 2017 and began to take it somewhat seriously in 2019. I currently reside in rural Montana and live a secluded life with my three dogs - Pebbles (a.k.a. Jaws, Brandy, Fang), Bam Bam (a.k.a. Scrat, Dinki-Di, Trash Panda, Dug), and Mystique (a.k.a. Lady), and five cats - Burglekutt (a.k.a. Ghostmouse Makah), Vohnkar! (a.k.a. Storm Shadow, Grogu), Falkor (a.k.a. Moro, The Mummy's Kryptonite, Wendigo, BFC), Nibbler (a.k.a. Cobblepot), and Meegosh (a.k.a. Lenny). Part of the preface to the 'Complete Works of Emily Dickinson helps sum me up as a person and an artist: "The verses of Emily Dickinson belong emphatically to what Emerson long since called ‘the Poetry of the Portfolio,’ something produced absolutely without the thought of publication, and solely by way of expression of the writer's own mind. Such verse must inevitably forfeit whatever advantage lies in the discipline of public criticism and the enforced conformity to accepted ways. On the other hand, it may often gain something through the habit of freedom and unconventional utterance of daring thoughts. In the case of the present author, there was no choice in the matter; she must write thus, or not at all. A recluse by temperament and habit, literally spending years without settling her foot beyond the doorstep, and many more years during which her walks were strictly limited to her father's grounds, she habitually concealed her mind, like her person, from all but a few friends; and it was with great difficulty that she was persuaded to print during her lifetime, three or four poems. Yet she wrote verses in great abundance; and though brought curiosity indifferent to all conventional rules, had yet a rigorous literary standard of her own, and often altered a word many times to suit an ear which had its own tenacious fastidiousness." -Thomas Wentworth Higginson "Not bad... you say this is your first lesson?" "Yes, but my father was an *art collector*, so…"

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