One For the Poets
Only poets read poetry
Polite friends purchase
Books to be forgotten
Destined to be donated
Or sold at garage sales
For twenty five cents
But I am typing these words
Letter by letter
In the context of the absurd
Hoping one day to be heard
I visited the book store
Poetry had three cases
One dedicated to Shakespeare
From Macbeth to King Leer
And all the others throughout
history
Had two
So there is something to be
said
For iambic pentameter
Containing a meaningful
message
With thrilling metaphor
Us poets are vain
The best of us insane
For despite our obscurity
A kernel of corn hidden in
Iowa
We will change the world!
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