In 1938,
"Social Surrealist"
O. Louis Guglielmi
painted a bridge
on the verge
of collapse
The painting is entitled
MENTAL GEOGRAPHY
Amongst its many features
are choreographed cables
and a passive, placid
(but arrow-pierced) -------->
young woman
The bridge that inspired
Mr. Guglielmi is named
after Brooklyn
This photograph was taken
but it has nothing to do
with an artist's
imagination
TACOMA NARROWS
was a bridge in Seattle
that collapsed on
11/7/40
GALLOPING GERTIE
could have described
the woman in the
other image
Most unfortunately,
it applies to a
real disaster.
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Footnote
There is another Guglielmi painting here.
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