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.