Art and Not Art

Art neither allows
     Nor prohibits.
Art is not the opposite of life
    Except at certain exhibits.

Art (some art)
     Plays too many games.
Art is not the enemy of freedom,
    Despite its frames.

Art is beyond
    Or below or above.
Art is not blind—
     You’ve confused it with love.

Art at times
     Appears to be blushing.
Art is not art
     When it alters nothing.

Art is a wound,
   A crooked cut, a contusion.
Art is not the artist,
     A pardonable confusion.

Art has led
     Many artists to drink.
Art isn’t quite what you think it is,
     No matter what you think.