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| "Socksrates" Cotton compression socks and chemical marker on canvas 16" x 20" |
Socksrates! Socksrates!
Rocks it in the BCEs.
Orthotics...? Not the expertise
of Socksrates!
Socksrates! Socksrates!
No drachma-by-the-dozen geez.
The unexamined life displeas-
es Socksrates.
Socksrates! Socksrates!
“Know thyself!”’s among Sock's pleas.
Ditto “Let not fascia freeze!"
(Br-r-r-r-r-r... Socksrates!)
Socksrates! Socksrates!
Mocks PlateHo* Sock's analyses...?
Herr 'Arristweedle** disagrees
with Sock's spondees.
Socksrates! Asks Socksrates,
Socksrates! Asks Socksrates,
"Hey, Plateho! Pass that pithos, please."
Still, Doctor Socks possesses keys
Still, Doctor Socks possesses keys
to subsequent philosophies.
[And now. allow a brief reprise:]
Socksrates! Socksrates!
Rocks it in the BCEs.
Orthotics...? Not the expertise
of Socksrates.
* A younger contemporary of Socksrates who
recorded much of his mentor's teaching. His portrait,
in Crayolas and paper plates on 16" x 20" canvas,
appears in the Textile Museum's exhibition
"Men of the Cloth."
** Later Greek philosopher 'Arristweedle's
** Later Greek philosopher 'Arristweedle's
portrait, also appearing in that show, is in acrylics
over a Donegal wool sport coat mounted on
16" x 20" canvas.
