SurVision Magazine
An
international online magazine that
publishes Surrealist poetry
in English.
Issue Five
LYNN WHITE
This Is Not an Egg
The egg box was so sculptural with it's peaks and troughs
like a metaphor, a mirror of life in textured paper,
I thought a giant version could easily become
an acclaimed art installation
and I thought I could make it.
And then I remembered the glasses
left behind in a museum of modern art
by error or intent,
real glasses,
not the "ne sont pas les lunettes"
Magrittean sort,
I could feel some guerrilla art hatching inside me.
I fetched the pot egg from under the broody hen
and pondered the possibilities on the way to the gallery.
There, I placed the egg box on a table,
sneaked it in
between the other exhibits
then I placed the Magrittean egg inside.
Just the one egg seemed most fitting
especially since one was all I had.
I had already written the title card.
Such a work deserved two titles
one above and one below the artist's name,
my name, of course.
First came: "THIS IS NOT AN EGG"
and underneath:
"THIS IS NOT AN EXHIBIT"
It was perfectly placed
and looked magnificently subversively ironic.
I think Magritte would be proud of my effort.
And now I must wait
to see if anyone notices.
Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her poetry has appeared in many publications including Apogee, Firewords, Light Journal, and So It Goes Journal.
