MUSEUM, FREE OF CHARGE, SUGGESTED DONATION (still working this out…hmmm)

went to the museum today

perused corridors of

artifact-clad walls

paintings and prints

of people from past

other times in

this world

and i thought

what if hate were here

a thing that could be

housed in a palatial space

maybe framed in gold

or incased in glass

or roped off by blood velvet

like the mona lisa

what if it was some

fragile installation

taking up every inch

so that you could step into

the museum but could not

move or touch or breathe or

what if it was

performance art

starring you and me

and you and you and us

where pain is part

of the art of it all

and we just clap

for ourselves

like damn

we a part

of history

what if hate came

with a pamphlet

and an exhibition tour guide

start at the top

work your way down

and what if your name

and my name was on

every piece

our signatures scribbled

across every canvas

each one like a mass

grave a mess of ink

everyone fawning and

falling over

what if it was outsider art

where everything is built

by that which has been destroyed

repurposed human

looks just like you

you’ll say to you

what if it was just

a hall of mirrors

or a hall of hallways

or a hall of fame

of people from now

this time in

this world