Before an Auction
Before an auction, you can view
The artwork that’s for sale.
It’s open to the public ‘til
The wealthy will prevail.
I stroll the galleries and stop,
My admiration strong,
And think about the people
To whom this will soon belong.
The current owners also have
A place within my head.
They’ll now have megabucks where once
These paintings hung instead.
Yet somehow none of this seems fair,
For art in private hands
Means that most of us will never see
What affluence commands…
Except before an auction
When, unlike the rich, the rest
Of the city comes to treasure
What they see, not to invest.
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