It’s so easy 

Van Gogh painted what he wanted 

to, painted like no one else, and

sold one. 

But he painted what he wanted 

like no one else. 

Great Expectorations 

White men in charge

are like boxes of Kleenex. 

They sort of look like that,

and while they’re pretty ubiquitous 

in that way, 

they’re not very interesting

in that way. 

I think maybe the 21st century

will blow her nose on all of them.