Art Boom 80s

by Ivan Jenson

Era of Day-Glo

and nightclubs

when rich

blended with poor

expressionists

of the East Village

filled with

magic mushroom

galleries

and punk prestige

phenomenal

how painters

were royalty

and everyone

who was anyone

dressed in black

street walkers

still beautiful

before crack's

emancipation

then Wall Street crashed

and burned the empire

of cash, canvas

and overnight careers

era of pink, green,

and blue

I too

was a pop

art

prince

lived in a storefront

castle on 12th street

walked Downtown

nose up

through Manhattan’s

cocaine flurries

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