Artists

I feel fortunate to know as many artists as I do. I have very little regard for my generation but I feel I have lucked out, knowing in some cases of the most fleeting glances, of artists with talents that exceed measure. 

I feel like there's an untold story in it all. Children overlooked in favor of grandchildren...

But anyway, among my gifts is to know some incredible people. I strive to be a writer and I see these other people connect in ways I can't imagine. What exactly does a poem do? What is it worth if it does something?

I have written pieces that could not mean anything to anyone else but me.

I suppose, in that regard, I'm like a make-up artist obsessed with the mirror. Pure artifice. But I'm turning towards the bitterness again. I have that right for now...