if i wasn’t an artist i’d be a dancer
and if i wasn’t that i’d be an astronaut
with a really thick helmet
or a cowboy with a brim
but if i wasn’t that
i’d be a teacher,
yes, a teacher,
or a singer with a sold-out arena,
everyone shouting my name
and also i’d be a scientist
or detective
but if not that i’d be a pilot
and an architect
and if i wasn’t that I’d hammer roofs
and sell shoes
and serve sandwiches in a corner shop
or I would bang on wall street
and diversify portfolios
and i’d coach soccer to teach a better way
and use things the way they're unintended
and tattoo birds on my arm
to fight fear
and do all the things that matter
because if i wasn’t an artist
i'd still be an artist.
