| Poetics II: Poetry, Love I 'Twas there a time you would not read the poets unless made to? Of yourself could there be shame for the years' neglect re the poets? Overdosed in school, or no right schooling, do you guess? Yes, and yet, could blame be not there but here, your own idiotisms? One. You hid ignorance behind contempt for composition you believed cryptic Two. You bid arrogance beneath contempt for composition you believed costly Three. You did compliance beside contempt for composition you believed coerced II Not a poet yourself you said you settled and settling lost sight the poets' light III If any of that strikes home try this Try seeing the poets' business as your own |
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