You tell me I missed the most interesting part
But I think I found the most interesting part:
An unheralded departure by extinguished torchlight
Whose decorative patina
Is everything to the group—wind, fire, breathing, snores.
I was not there I was aware of Yogi Bear
There where I found a most interesting port
Crying wares to millenial crossings of voyagers
But this space is a checkerboard,
Whether it be land, sea or art
Trapped in the principle of the great beyond
Lacking only the expertise to
“Make a statement.”
—From “Statuary,” John Ashbery, As We Know, Viking, 1979, reprinted in Collected Poems 1956–1987, Library of America, 2008
Exactly. Perfect. Thanks.
That poem’s not any good because he rhymes “the most interesting part” with “the most interesting part.” Shit, *I* could do *that*!
‘Cats & Dogs 2’ makes jokes about waterboarding; ‘Yogi Bear’, watersports (and I *don’t* mean marine pursuits). If this is “family-friendly entertainment”, never have I been gladder to be single and childless.
They ran this over black at the end of Yogi 3D, with Ashbery solemnly narrating. As a tonal shift, it was awkward.