Durer

I met Albrecht
In a 7th-grade art
History class taught
By one of those teachers
Who impact our lives ever after.
His paintings of the hare and grass
Shaped my view of reality socialist
Or Western modern along with
Fra Angelico’s pastel spaces
My early Renaissance led
Me to be a kunstler like
Durer but history was
More enticing than
The honing skills
In mediums to
Portray life in
Imitation but
History was
Journeys
Made by
Others
That
Showed
What not to
Do rather than
Step in the same.
My studies in art have
Made me aware of kunstlers
Like Durer who capture for us a
Glimpse of the past we can use to
Compare with the present to see
Ourselves as we are not as we,
Like Bosch versus Brueghel,
Appear as a nude walking
Down the stairs or a glint
In the eye of recognition
Over time and space.
What clever animals
We seem to us to
Be but mostly
We repeat
Mistakes
We in an
Earlier
Version
Have stepped
In many times before,
Yet Albrecht Durer
Was less aware
Of what was
What than
You or I.