brand-new items
sent to the charity shop
space to live
© Rachel Green May 2025
VIII.V
Shuffling awkwardly in place, she smiles
and gives a 'what-can-you-do' shrugged shoulder
wanting to be polite to him but miles
away from anything the poor man told her.
What can a painter do about the rise
of Parliamentary fascism today?
but do what artists have done for the wise
and ply her trade to those willing to pay.
Until the brand she builds commands respect
she can't promote a change in English law.
Every artist suffers the effect
of comparison to what has gone before.
© Rachel Green May 2025
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