Jacob Lawrence, This is Harlem (1943)
April 6, 2014:
Gray hair in the gallery,
and the Ode to Saint John.
Reverence where there should be smiles.
Lost youth?
Or the inescapable symbolism of once and final defeat?
The pieces are charming.
Mischievous, good-hearted, subversive.
I'm the only visitor who laughs.