re: another new poem

An artists life:

I think people

Misinterpret an artists life

Believing it to be more

Glamourous

And exciting

Than it really is,

More adventure

More fame

And most importantly

Believe

There is more

Money

Than there really is

Mostly it is just tedious

Trying to come out

With a new work

A new show

For an ever fickle

Audience

That expects more for less

Or for free

And then

You have to promote it

Like hell

Like mad

Like you just invented

Sliced bread

Or the light bulb

And then do it all

On the cheap

Either through endless

Grant writing 

So you can have

The time the precious time

To create something new

And potentially exciting

When really there is not

Enough collaborating

Because everyone is fighting

For the almighty

The real god today

Money

And god forbid you

Do something amazing

Because then you end up

Sitting in airports

All the time

Going to festivals

And conferences

Talking about a project you

Are already over

And really just want to get home

To create something new

Or be with your kids

If you have kids

But you are slogging it out

On the grind

Doing your best

I am dead inside smile

Cant you see that?

For the millionth time

See kids?

It isn’t what you wanted

Or expected

Its much worse

So really

Don't even bother

Stay home

Live a good life

Get what you want

Get what you need

And stay out of the arts

Trust me

You will thank me

You wont go crazy

Like the rest of us.