The Modern Art Market Grotesquely Distorted: “Seated Woman in Blue Dress” Sells for $45 Million

The Modern Art Market Grotesquely Distorted: “Seated Woman in Blue Dress” Sells for $45 Million

If I were burdened with a lover who

Looked crooked like this woman (woman?), I

Would go as twisted as Picasso.  Blue

Lips, though, are what I’d paint to help me fly

Away from her (or him?—can’t really tell),

And if the her/him face looked so like dwarf

Distorted body features, I would yell

(With pretty words), “Please, honey, may I morph

You into something else?  We’ll have to part

If I can’t paint you pretty.  If I bloat

You up as is, then who will buy the art?

Look here.  To show my love, I’ve slit your throat.

..They won’t believe you’re young as thirty one!

….Please may I change your looks, love, just for fun?”