Grail Quest

 GRAIL QUEST

Artists are immigrants.

            Some are legal

                        And are flush with grants.

            Some are illegal,

                        With recognition scant.

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Artists all, though, share the same goal:

            Cross over the luminous boundary,

                        Reveal secrets of the soul,

            Find the undiscovered country.

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Artists then see visions of glory,

            Visions of heaven and hell.

Then they return with some trite story

            Far short of what they meant to tell.

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Artists who drink the brew that is true

            Again set out on that lonesome trail,

                        Seeking once more to view

            A vision of their Holy Grail.