The Artists Duty

So it is the duty of the artist to discourage all traces of

To extend all

To fog them in right over the

To kill only what is

To establish

To ignore

To listen to no

To omit

To contradict

To generate the free

To bear no

To take part in no

To tinkle a warning when mankind

To explode upon all

To wound deeper than the

To heal this poor obstinate monkey once and for

To verify the

To exaggerate all

To inhibit

To lubricate each

To experience only

To set a flame in the high

To exclaim at the commonplace

To cause the unseen eyes to

To admire only the

To be concerned with every profession save his

To raise a fortuitous stink on the boulevards of truth and

To desire an electrifiable intercourse with a female

To lift the flesh above the

To forgive the beautiful its disconsolate

To flash his vengeful badge at every

To

It is the artist’s duty to be

To drag people into glittering

To blush perpetually in gaping

To drift happily through the ruined

To burrow beneath the

To defend the unreal at the cost of his

To obey each outrageous

To commit his company to all enchantments.