We met Ray Ray Mitrano, a recent MFA graduate from the Visual Studies Workshop, at his mock primary art installation, Primary Caucus and again at his mock election event, Fake Election.
Today, Ray Ray offers a poem written four days after the presidential inauguration. While Trump is not mentioned, we include the poem in our ongoing Trump-in-verse series.
the privilege of mind with US as your safety-net
when years of reality tv
and silent microwaved-dinners
catch up to your culture
and tell it to look here
,or don’t,
and your world will be taken over anyway
when generations of apathetic pro-wrestling
laugh-tracks around the foldable tables
sinking indentations into your domestic carpet
that trip anyone
even those blindfolded
to watching the ping-pong
now in a stand-up reality
that makes advertisers retire early
and activists full-time
and kids adults
and, what’s next?
Ray Ray Mitrano, Jan. 24th, 2017
SEE ALSO
Vote early and often at a political art experience: the “Primary Caucus”