Maggie's Farm

Vogue, vogue,
Strike a pose...
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Madonna. It's a great song called "Vogue" where she strikes poses in an attempt to be beyond modern. Avant garde for its time. I meant it in direct contrast to how we've evolved or devolved accoring to how you see it. Madonna seemed the perfect contrast. And, to give the Clampetts their due, they all look rather vogue-strike-a-pose in a grapes of wrath sort of way.

Please pardon my mind, thank you.
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Of course I know they're not striking a pose. In fact, the very first thought that entered my mind when I saw it was Rose 'o Sharon nursing that dying old man in the last paragraph of "The Grapes Of Wrath". Her baby had died, but she had enough milk left to save the old man.

Had I written that out as my comment, it would not have been fitting for the 'art' of the photograph. What I feel fitting, however, is to contrast the decadence of our current society as comparison/contrast to how our country has been through hard times and very well may go through them again if we don't wise up. I seriously doubt we will ever see that kind of nation-wide poverty, but it is a stark reminder for conservatives to get it together.

I could have written all that, but I stupidly thought the metaphor implied was clear. As I said: Please pardon my mind.
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