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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