A Realistic Artist Poem by Suchoon Mo

A Realistic Artist

a realistic representation of a rabbit
is not a rabbit
not a real rabbit
it doesn't hop around
all over the canvass
eating grass
while you paint

a realistic representation of a rabbit
is supposed to be realistic
but it is not real
it is a make belief
painted reality is not real
a realistic rabbit is not real

I must tell you
realism is not real

if you are a real realistic artist
just don't paint a rabbit
or anything of that sort
just become a rabbit


- Runcible Spoon, Sept 2018 -