vain artists & arrogant intellectuals

sitting across from each other
the vain artist insists that what they are doing
has never been done before
that what they have just created is something truly
original
that which brings with it no remnant of prior influence &
therefore no credit to be given to anyone else---
the arrogant intellectual
masturbates alone to the ideas they have &
like style nazis they goosestep with pointing fingers
insisting to us all how we should go about expressing ourselves---
the vain artists smile back at the
arrogant intellectuals & in one big
circle jerk
they cum on each other in the name of
narcissism.