Portrait of the Artist as a Young Criminal

[Lightning Rod]

his art was not a job
not a career, more of a calling

he didn't do it part-time
he ate and breathed
and slept it
and shit it and sweated it
he smoked it and
put it in his tank

it wasn't a hobby for him
no week-end warrior
but full immersion baptism
Hallelujah the spirit was on him

of course it didn't pay the bills
and there was no insurance
but when he looked in the mirror
he saw an entrepreneur of the imagination

sometimes that was enough
and when it wasn't, there was always crime
which is an integral portion of art
to properly break the rules
he first learned them
lawyers are the best criminals

he committed felonies with his pen,
his brush and his secret burglary tools
which conquer locks, expose the jewels
you never knew where he had been

all he wanted was to leave art with no fingerprints

[Dave The Dov]

A stream of thought that comes streaming back in time.
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[hester_prynne]

"to properly break the rules
he first learned them "

I dig everything about this write LRod, especially the lines quoted above.

H