Newspoem 23 March 1998: Mayor Giuliani Outlaws Painting, Arrests Artists
- Dominique Fitzpatrick-O~Dinn
- William Gillespie - Newspoet
The city's decree forbids public expression
Police distribute tickets, impound works, jobs
Now the counterfieters outside the museum
Show lovely protest signs—in oils
{24 artists, chosen by lottery, may pay $25 to sell their work outside the museum,
as of a law passed March 1st. Of the many people who sell art on the street, only 14
have even applied for the lottery, the rest face the police. This is a 24-word lipogram in their honor }
1998