Sunday, 30 May 2021

this poetry thingy a me thing


this poetry thingy a me thing


this poetry thing why be called

these lines poetry or those a poem

what is the point in classification 

what is a poet and by whom called

it is written in an emotive tome of big longing 

to be a poem with a poet’s poetry but reader 

caveat emptor where your finger points 

it’s the emperor’s new clothes

it’s a all con  man o man

like in all walks of life some are better than others

at things and all things are just things

does a plumber sing water music 

or a decorator sing pictures at an exhibition

just a line put and a line read

an emotion received and perceived 

where it came from and where it is going

wrapped in self-importance or the reverse 

it does not bring into being what is not

as particles anti-particles annihilate

so the poetry thing is but a mirage of an oasis

in a desert of longing for an alternative level 

of existence or the metaphysics of proving worth

so don’t place anyone on a pedestal who cannot

dig a grave thought that naught is what you are

words the herons fishing for frogs

lines the ties of boats to shore

verses the blocks of a child’s castle

books of works the wasps to jam pots 

thing a me  thing a me  thing a me 

boo

 

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