No Man is a Watermelon by Sister Mary Corita
Dauntless
Who would have the hoodzpah
to paint a rainbow swash
on an enormous gas storage tank
Who would have the nerve
to color a U.S. postage stamp
with the word LOVE
Who would have the audacity
to paint Wonderbread as 12
irregular ovals in bright primary
colors and not disagree that it might
be a symbol of the communion wafer
Who would have the spunk
to paint a big red tomato with
a poem in the middle
Who would have the daring
to make a sign that said
“make love not war”
Who would have the tenacity
to create a work called “X marks
the spot” and paint a big X on it
Who would be so intrepid
to use so much bright red
and blue and yellow
Only an American nun.
The Discerning Woman's Gallery of Verse 