Painting January 6, 2021

How can we ignore what happened

On THIS dark day four years ago?

Let us paint it as though it were

Depicted in the style of Van Gogh:

 

The painting must show emotional depth

To clearly demonstrate its sadness.

The brush strokes, wide and wild,

Should display the utter madness.

 

To show the anger--not love--apply

Thick and intense globs of red,

Which will also represent

Brutality and blood that was shed.

 

Apply bright streaks of yellow color

To focus on the cowardly thugs--

There as insurrectionists

And NOT there to pass out hugs.

 

The Capitol should be depicted

From different angles. That represents

All the absurd conspiracy theories

Believed by all the malcontents.

 

The paint? Of course, make sure it's thick

To show the thickness of the lies

That Trump and his supporters have told

To make us NOT believe our eyes.

 

Swirling strokes should indicate

A stark but vivid intensity

Of violence, for which Trump's mobs

Have a scary propensity.

 

The composition should guide the viewers'

Eyes to see the overall truth--

And NOT to be taken in by those

With tactics questionable and uncouth.

 

Now stand back; observe our painting.

We must never ever let

The horrors of that day become

A bagatelle that we forget.

-by Bob B (1-6-25)