MY conventional wisdom

Yesterday I saw a statue. It was a rather life-like statue. It consisted entirely of various shades of brown, although I recognized none of these to be that of bronze or copper. Maybe it was just dirty.  It was situated awkwardly in a walkway, pressed up against a wall. It must have been there a long time as no one even seemed to notice its presence. It wasn't granted a single pause, not even a glance. There was a sign at the foot of it, but it didn't resemble the signs seen at the feet of normal statues. This one wasn't neatly etched in metal. It wasn't even of any typeface I recognized. It seemed almost as though it was permanent marker scrawled on cardboard. So strange... Quite ugly actually. Someone should really take it away.