Who Paints The Portrait The Audience or Artist
Sketching darkened streets
the starving artist, a pauper
of Saint Petersburg
Copious skill
prolific in production,
desires untamed
Prosper by pleasing
those who feed on creative
corpses, sacrifice
Purchase approval
by selling the self to trends
of fame so fickle
A risk of all time
temptation of creators,
moral dilemma
Who paints the portrait
the audience or artist,
who controls the brush
Who gives the meaning
to colors and shapes in life,
who paints your portrait
Inspired by the short story
(The Portrait) from Nikolai Gogol
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Nice.