People say, he's the life of the Party

   'cause he tells
   a joke or two -

   Trouble is, it's

   always the same

   joke, always for

   the same purpose,

   never so clearly

   perceived before

   now. He wants to

   be excused. Time

   to think it over.

Alexander Calder

Lithograph on paper

Los Angeles County

  Museum of Art

1965