#2006 - the artists refuse to leave the residency

 

 

2006

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the artists refuse to leave the residency

 

they dig in deep

 

have the habit of the place

 

the artists have fortified themselves with spirits

(elves and faeries, trolls, all sorts)

 

they assert the every artist’s right

 

it’s as if they each were born to it

the making  

and wherever they go

 

there’s imagination

 

they’re doing destiny too

pass the baton

they inspire!

 

they’re in the conversation

 

they are entitled as anything!

 

thing that afflicted before is now less

the residency is a kind of cure

 

everyone thinks they’re on holidays

but there’s all this work no one understands

least of all them

they go on!

 

the artists forget where they’re from

who they are

 

they’re in the swing

they need no why

 

they have decided to haunt the place with their signs

with inkling this that, quandary

 

they have the hang of the walls

 

the residency turns out to be just what was needed

 

they needed a break

it’s not broken, why go?

 

the artists are on the mend

you won’t hear the last

 

they have replaced the fear of departure

with the joy of staying  

 

they even have a few words of the language

put them to strange uses

 

the artists are the sunshine

have come the long way

to do what they do

 

you’ll never see the back of them

 

the artists have arrived