this guy and mona lisa

there's this guy
who grabs a chair from somewhere
and drags it out to the sidewalk
he wears knock-off cheap leather pants
on his skinny somewhat grisled frame
he stands on the chair
and performs horribly average instrumentals
i wonder if he notices
the students who give no notice
or give their indirect sidelong glances
he seems not to and plays on

today i saw him again
playing in a parka with fur on the hood
over his fake leather pants
i think this brings me more inspiration
than if he were impeccably good
for him there's some other reason than that

oddly i remember the time
my one time in paris
where before me stood the mona lisa
and a somewhat swarming mob
i couldn't help but notice
old mona's neighbor
and i thought this painting
was so much more interesting

so you'll have to go look
for the men on the chairs
for the passed over masterpieces
and see what you think