Stars go missing in the sky
Business lights up
the panoply 24/7
We could make paintings
to fill the empty spaces
Our own kinda
light pollution
Sharing with the other misfits
the ones that they say
to watch out for
you know they ain’t from here
when they look up

The angry ones
give us looks
like needles
regarding us
in our artist-dom
here and stupid
we stand
Oh, I don’t know…

Waiting for the strike
or gentle burp
of inspiration
maybe a hand out instead
or a commission

How about
a cuppa coffee
a little snort of bravado
light a cigarette
and the world
could meanwhile
burn itself out
but just a little more time,
please
to work out these kinks
that bother no one else
to iron my canvas and
smooth out these
unruly brushstrokes

I’ll stand on your word
when you say that
only bad painters
enjoy painting.

Another really bad photo-this is a drawing

watercolor collagecalled "Tres."
It measures 8" x 10."