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Death of the artist
by Martin Friel

 

 

The artist doesn’t die grandly

Not like Hemingway, Vincent or Durer

It’s not dramatic

Eloquent

Or even heroic

 

The death of the artist is sad, slow and unobserved

Hastened by the job

The mortgage

The kids

By life

 

The artist struggles to remain true

True to themselves

Against reality

Against cost

Against the fear of creation

 

These are the real artists

Lost in suburbia

The ones who never made it

Who couldn’t cry loud enough

Too cowardly to act

Too lost in life to reveal their soul

 

Their purpose and meaning lost

The growing appeal of security

A security that meant nothing in a youth

That laughs at the conservatism

The need for a home

For the holidays

 

A youth that rages against the loss of energy

That fire

That drive with no purpose

The laughter

The tears

The desperation

 

The freedom

That has been discarded for stability, security and quiet nights in

 

That is where the artist dies

Not suddenly and with panache

But slowly, quietly and sadly

 

And that is the real death of the artist

The death of ambition, hope, faith

And belief

 

The grave of the artist lies in suburbia

Among the culdesacs of children

Toby Carvery’s

And the sadness of choosing safety over the energy of life

 

 

a line, (a blue one)

 

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