Juvenalia
Portrait of the Artist
By: Charles Giuliano - Oct 01, 2016
Juvenalia
When does one
Become an artist
Saturday classes
Mass Art
Too frivolous for
Boston Latin School
Kids from all over
Phyllis from Newton
Exotic temptress
Went to RISD
Later flat mate
Great teacher
Inspired lessons
Soap carvings
All that survives
Ersatz African
My idea
Broom straw
Stuck in for hair
My tiny space
Walls crammed
Busting with pride
Came home one day
Room stripped bare
Stack of comic books
Knee high
Vintage Marvel
Batman and Robin
In the trash
Mom decided
Time to grow up
Get serious
Youth ended
With a flash
Manhood spent
Recovering spark
Unquenchable flame
Life of art
Primitive beginning
Two soap heads
Floating through time
Boat of glass
Maiden voyage
Vision quest
Launched long ago