the ordinary poet gets overlooked
for he/she is not a member of a minority
physically
emotionally
genderally
psychologically
ethnically
you name it ally ally ally
the ordinary poet gets overlooked
nothing to see here
just her/his words
move along
nothing odd
nothing to see
move along now
just an ordinary poet
who may be saying extraordinary things
but they are unrecognisable as originating from a minority
a minority that surely must exemplify the extraordinary
what else
to the ordinary reader
the ordinary plebeian
move me along now
if these words do not move you
if neither you or me are extraordinary
the ordinary poet will always be overlooked
by the ordinary reader
now isn’t that extraordinary
well cut off my legs and call me shorty
(my dad used to say that)
extraordinary
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