Duchamp's Urinal, by Thomas Piekarski

Fountain, by Marcel Duchamp (France) 1917.

Duchamp’s Urinal

Virtually anything
can be deemed art
when the artist
says it is.

Armed with pen
not sword
Duchamp signed
his fabled urinal,
and named it.

From that time on
for all artists  
the self has reigned
de facto God.

​Thomas Piekarski

​Thomas Piekarski is a former editor of the California State Poetry Quarterly and Pushcart Prize nominee. His poetry and interviews have appeared in literary journals internationally, including Nimrod, Florida English Journal, Cream City Review, Mandala Journal, Poetry Salzburg, Poetry Quarterly, Pennsylvania Literary Journal, and Boston Poetry Magazine. He has published a travel book, Best Choices In Northern California, and his epic adventure Ballad of Billy the Kid is available on Amazon in both Kindle and print versions.