some
espied, some described and some gave out dictates
propaganda
poetry is poetry i hate
i
prefer anne sexton
writing
about the torture
that
always showed up for tea
the
only thing a poem should be
is
just a piece of me
meter
and rhyme keeping time
or
disconcerted, disjointed lines
the
reader should feel emotion
gain
a little insight into your plight
the
plight of being you
got
it all figured out?
rhyme
and tout?
is
not a poet or a poem
people
should read you
and
not like you
after
all it is the real you
you
have shared
you
throw your poem at the world
vomit
and hurl
“this
is me!
deal
with it!”
crawl
under an open fence
never
write recompense
make
your words spell out your name
after
all your only fame
may
be a posthumous biography
about
obscurity and poverty
oh
yeah
and
some sort of substance abuse
how
obtuse
delineate
us by a hero’s standard
poems
do not pander
they
express your guess
of
why you think you’re a mess
cause
deep down you know
everyone
else is right
and
you don’t know
if
you love poetry
because
you can do beautiful things with words
or
is it because the beauty of your poems
is
that they are always about you
let’s
face it
i’m
lazy
not
as smart as i think i am
and
very, very defensive
with
pen i take the offensive
as
i write a personal poem
followed
by
no
praise, no coin
my
skillful willfulness
is
so i can dismiss
you
have a why
but
so do i
“see?!
new
free me
from
the confines
of
your considerations”
poetry
slows the self-destruction
but
in the end
anne
sexton
took
her own life
her
audience – her bride, her wife
shake
heads and wag tongues
but
the poet understands
and
knows
poetry
doesn’t accomplish anything
it’s
just words we write down
because
no one will ever understand us
like
the empty, desolate page
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