Street Art in Boston
Carissa Halston
It started in Cambridge,
late 2004
(Labor Day weekend
when Santa was real)
October found pilgrims with interest in stock
and target practice outside (then) Someday
2005 brought
snakes,
snakes!
—long before anyone put them on planes—
and stick figure gifts,
Mosaic Men (Mega!) throughout Central Square
Centipedes, scissors littered the sidewalks,
Are now all but gone under so many feet.
A jaunt ‘cross the river
brought more snakes, it seemed
and shortly thereafter
2006 ushered most of the rest:
Dave McKean influences part of Comm Ave
Pumpkins in time for All Hollow's Eve
A spray of pink roses to cover blue paint,
and a cry for high fares:
a stone's throw away from a one-eyed bear's head
2007 and already gone are the face from last summer
and fanciful X
In their stead, all over the city, crop up more characters,
and stamps selling sex.
Pencils on Exeter
Art is on dumpsters, in alleys, on bridges,
Even the naysayers add to it all.
