Who needs two eyes
when the show is dull
and the right people go?

I see an orange disc
with a squiggle that
looks like it belongs
on a motel wall
and a heap of iron
called a sculpture
which must have
been a lot of work.
A video has a crude
concept, poorly executed.
The installations are
so dark and murky
I can’t see what
they are. Do I detect
a grape vine wreath
from a county fair?

Two eyes aren’t
needed or better
than one to write
a review of this
modest show.
I’ll blather on a bit
before resting my eye.

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Sarah Henry studied with two former U.S. poet laureates at the University of Virginia. She has published internationally in journals and anthologies, including humor magazines. She is retired from a newspaper.