Art Audiences

a. When art becomes synonymous with expensive

“Artisan”’s quite a trade expression now, almost like mindless

Slang or a bitchy platitude, a vociferous, confident assumption

Or a tic like unplanned masturbation. But while many artisans

Have eyes fully aware of the exclusive politics around their

Macaroons of craftsmanship, the majority of our people

Simply don’t care about the pastry chef’s churning out recipes

To make his/her baking sweat, wake eaters’ sweet palate,

Make them eat his/her cake while making them all own it!

b. When artworks become more important than the artist

I am a critic, with another set of tics. The politics around the

Picket, the racket, the rocket of artistic dancing and sulking is

My job, my eyes’ slippery candy. Who am I talking to? Good

Question. For whilst others see my essays’ expression,

Artisans’d merely shrug on their rugs, carry on with their

Masturbatory squirts, vomits, and farts. I’d say, in my turn,

“I don’t expect artisans to have neither minds nor hearts.”