Name: Bettie Atemo
Pen name: Artmore
Email: atemob21@gmail.com
Portraits for who?
I live in fantasy,
I lacquer lonely myriads of portraits
My sorry state attracts a sorry taste
Everyone says they are good,
Yet no one picks on my sorry state of taste
They shout in my face…
Portraits for who?
Portraits for who?
Wait till we carry your weight to the graveyard
Portraits for who?
No one believes I can paint them just well
My sorry state attracts my sorry taste…
Portraits for who?
They shout in unison like the last breath of a dying donkey!
Portraits for who?
Cruelty crawls in nakedness
Its pinch crops in and hurt most
The flash hurt often and numbs whole of mankind thinking
Cruelty dwindles on man’s kindness
But who’s portraits do we face?
Portraits for who?
Poor you with expensive taste
No portraits for you…
Portraits for who?
Poor you with a wish to have portraits
No portraits for you
Penny buys even the worst portraits
Penny buys the crooked portraits
Penny won’t buy you…
Penny buys portraits
Penny buys no poor you!
Tis poor you to chase penny you!
Portraits for who?
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