[6m- Dollar] Worth Of One Banana Tanka Poem by Chen-ou Liu

6M-dollar worth
of one banana duct-taped
to the gallery wall
the rift between the Gilded-rich
and the Working-poor un/seen...


FYI: BBC News, Nov.21: Duct-taped banana artwork sells for $6.2m in NYC.

And L4 refers to the Gilded Age, from 1870s to 1900 in American history. The term was coined by Mark Twain and was used to describe an age characterized by corruption, but covered over with gold.

The slogan of the Gilded Age: 'Get rich, dishonestly if we can, honestly if we must.'