For Art’s Sake by Michael Adubato

You can be a van Gogh 
paint a sunflower 
or a whole jar of them 
cut off an ear 
and fall in love  
with a whore 
your art can only 
get better 

MICHAEL ADUBATO is a native New Jerseyan currently residing in southern Belgium.  He's been writing poetry for a very long time and was recently published in the literary journal, Ariel Chart.  He is currently working on his first book of poetry that will be released in 2021.