Basquiat Case

Basquiat, in a squat on the Factory floor

Watched Warhol movies which were  mostly a bore

Stifling a snore, he could take it no more

But it sure beat being street-artist poor.

He switched to TV and viewed Anna Magnani 

While painting in three-piece suits by Armani

He threw in some graphics, hues bright and tawny,

Some scribbling as well and was no longer yawn-y.

In his teens and twenties he had fun and made mon

Though his work looks a lot like mine at age one.

We were even in a show together and he won!

My youth?... not taken into consideration.

"Just kidding,"  Jean-Michel - my tales are tall.

I adore your work; mine's in a mall.

Your paintings enthrall; mine are nothing at all

But I'm still making art and having a ball!

Heads and sun - Basquiat age 22; man and lady - Depingo age 1