Tuesday, September 23, 2014

A Trip to Seoul . . .

detail of photo courtesy norman j. olson


A Trip to Seoul September 23 to 25, 2011
by Norman J. Olson

I traveled
from the intricate
branches of an oak tree
etched
against a rainy blue/gray sky,
to an auditorium filled
with Picasso and his
millions of
children

I walked on old cobblestones
and rode on shiny steel rails

everyone was polite
enough not to laugh
at
a fat old American
with
artistic pretensions… I had no use
for the condom on the dresser,
but it did
remind me that love
is everywhere
and
can take many
forms


~ first published in Sketchbook