P.O.E.T.

Maaan, I can be a poet

What does it mean to be a poet?

Poet

Poet

P.O.E.T.

(Poor old elderly timebomb thinks she’s gonna be a poet)

He’s a poet

She’s a poet

They’re a poet

We’s a poet

Wouldn’t you like to be a poet too?

Me! Me! I would!

But could . . .

well that's just stuff they tell you

like

anyone can grow up to be president

pretty is as pretty does

letters behind your name mean - something

I need “Poetry for Dummies”

To become a general contractor of words that cross lines

covered by iridescent motor oil and blowing sand

So they will laureate that

“You’re a poet.”

and I’ll laugh as I pick up my statue because

I didn’t even know it

Is validation a prerequisite?

Ashamed to want it but

when a poet writes a blog in a forest

and nobody feels U

did we even make a sound.