Intent of the Makar

Why pursue an art without
An audience? Stubbornness?
Some vague lottery concept—

Yes, the gamble is stupid,
But you gotta be in it
To win it? Win what? The art

That’s not going on display,
The art no one listens to,
That no one will ever read,

What is it for, exactly?
How is its success assessed?
There’s something a little more

Than just the doing of it,
Maybe the being of it.