At the Rorschach museum a lonely
Guide describes the pictures
Under intense skepticism
Which by the end of the tour
Has turned into riotous contestation
This savage rendition of a butterfly
Is rather a glimpse of the world’s origin
A very sensible thing she said
Was not hers’ but Magritte’s
« Ceci n’est pas une pipe » and it has
Never been except when there
Was not yet a legend to the painting
The last painting on display is
A self portrait and where the livid ones
See adventure, I see the precious life of others
How the visit went, I cannot tell
But where it ended, I waited forty four
Dog seconds before I smiled again
She saved me from something
I wouldn’t quite name.
Image credit : Rorschach
Frédéric Benqué 