Saturday, October 19, 2024

Crisis of the Proletarian Art Threat

The credentialist wing would like to say

a few wise words about art today

There is this new sensation

(it seems overblown)

Proles succumbed to temptation

to make art of their own


Their pathetic attempt to enter the stage

is a threat, I tell you; a moral outrage

You'll come to rue the day 

that you let this stand

Because then the proles can say

they have the right to demand

a voice in matters they can't understand


We alone are the arbiters of good taste

We can not allow art to be debased

by the soiled and rutting working stiffs

offering their voices

Then they could start to act as if

they actually have these choices

It just won't do

I'm telling you

They'll start making other noises


There is no art that we don't approve first

Our sense of fashion is needed

lest they be encouraged, or even worse,

our wisdom should go unheeded

We must now do our vital part

before exhibits are empty shelves

For if we let them discover art

what else will they think for themselves?

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