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future of art students

F Drummond

Cadmium yellow
Smeared on the only comfortable chair
Of the drawing studio
Selfish little fuckers

A fresh batch of
Crisp willow charcoal
Released by eager young fingers
Even though there is already a tonne of the stuff already opened

White bone china
Juxtaposed with moulding teabags
Because the lazy dole bludging shits
Can’t walk to the sink and wash up once in a while

The boar hair brushes
Luxurious tools of creativity
stand proudly to attention
As they have been left in a mixture of glue, household paint and polyfiller overnight

I smile
They think I’m cool
But deep down a little voice whispers
Keep it up you talentless little fuckers – you will never get a permanent contract with 7 weeks paid summer hols like me

F Drummond has published 2 more terrible poems since joining on 30/11/99. Read more of F's terrible poetry at the anthology. Here are three of F's latest works:

Dutch Persons

Submitted May 31st 2011, 05:43

Hypnosis

Submitted May 31st 2011, 04:42

future of art students

Submitted May 31st 2011, 04:26