Post 43 of my favorite works of art

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Who’ll save the poor little girl?
Henry Darger, Henry Darger
Who’ll save the poor little girl?
Henry, Henry
Oh Henry Oh
Henry, Henry

Who’ll tell the story of her?
Henry Darger, Henry Darger
Who’ll tell it to all the world?
Henry, Henry
Oh Henry Oh
Henry, Henry

Who’ll buy the carbon paper now?
Henry Darger, Henry Darger
Who’ll trace the lines of her mouth?
Henry, Henry
Oh Henry Oh
Henry, Henry

Who will conquer foreign worlds searching for the stolen girls?
Princesses you’ll never fear the patron saint of girls is here!
Who will draw the cavalry in and risk his very own precious skin
To make our Angelina a free and peaceful land again?

Who’ll love a poor orphan child
Henry Darger, Henry Darger
Lost, growing savage and wild?
Henry, Henry
Oh Henry Oh
Henry, Henry..

(lyrics by Natalie Merchant)

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“Here you have a night painting without black, with nothing but beautiful blue and violet and green and in this surrounding the illuminated area colours itself sulfur pale yellow and citron green.” —van Gogh