March 27, 2010
Welcoming the Young Artist to the Frustrations of Adulthood
What wonders can an artist make
when despot days drag him around?
Just live each day for its own sake.
You ask, as if to undertake
a change of fate with asking's sound,
what wonders can an artist make?
Though doubtful it's advice you'll take:
Make petty agonies profound;
just live each day for its own sake.
In artists' hands the rattlesnake
and wolf are metaphors spellbound.
What wonders can an artist make!
Long labor's stretch from first daybreak
is trial on which to expound.
Just live each day for its own sake.
Breathe in until, with fullness, ache
exhales itself as peace unwound.
What wonders can an artist make?
Just live each day for its own sake.
Life