Hiding always hiding the skills inbred
Because they don’t pay the rent
Words, paint and music not for us
Learn the practical stuff
And get a nod of acceptance
If you’re different we’re afraid of you
But we won’t say as that would encourage
What we term your airy fairy ways
And high falutin ideas of a better world
We learn to hide until the mask slips
Artistically artful and cunning
In our way of showing work until
We cannot hide any longer
Don’t care if anyone gets it or laughs
At our need to show ourselves in the open
So when you say you kept it quiet, think
Did you ever tell someone they had ideas
Above their station?
Did you help teach the artist to be artful?
