The cool kids are adults today
They are contemporary av artists and gay
They have perfectly curated Instagrams
They host cutting edge poetry slams
Curators and taste makers they say
Sensitive and spiritual in a sensually creative way
They are called creatives, storytellers and archivists
Use their cultural capital to make adverts today
Their creativity is sponsored by billionaires hooray
Captivating work to sell shoes,
Joggers, alcohol, energy drinks
All this pay for play
Points to the decay
Community care lost along the way
Return to normal is the order of the day
Extract, exploit, deny, theft and underpay
Mere obstacles in the way
Empty artisty stuff
That's the new cool kid way
Will I get my art shared
If I don't obey?
Offer myself up as institutional prey
And if I don't conceal my rage?
Will I get paid today?
Offered that artist in residence stay today?
Will my play get played today?
Because even the unconventional things are done in a conventional way
What's beyond a fringe, a fray?