writing
poetry is as worthwhile as
screwing
barnacles onto the bottoms
of
wooden ships, or the taking on
the
plumbing of clouds
no
one respects you
least
of all other poets
whether
you meet at the latest
absurd
literary-twittery do
or
in the queue at Centrelink
but
it does give you furiously
to
think
THis I like.
ReplyDeletethanks, Kerri.
ReplyDeleteHa! See you down at Centrelink, I think... :)
ReplyDeleteI can imagine an anthology of these, starting with Rae Jones' 70s poem
ReplyDeleteThe Poets
which in its brilliant way
said it all
working on something similar myself in fat right now!