22nd May 2025

 

full study

filled with canvases and junk

time for a clear-out

© Rachel Green May 2025

VIII.IV

She wants to offer sympathy but can't

for she, too, is a societal pariah

besides, he's talking about racism not art

and there she is the race of the oppressor.

Anything she says will be a buttercup at best

for she has no idea what he suffers

and if he were to question her, to put her to the test,

she must admit to privilege o'er others.

For though she feels hard done by, her current poverty

is just a temporary period of life

she had the opportunity to follow all her dreams

and never lived through suffering and strife.

© Rachel Green May 2025