nothing but poetry

poetry

is just drunk chunks

of undigested thoughts

pretending to be a meal

that must be suckled from

the floor

for feeling

*

poetry

is unpoetic

far too often

and often

too far from

poets

who try to say

all that’s been said

by saying very little

for that bit

is how much

has mattered

up till now

*

poetry

is what people

do when they

don’t do much

*

poetry

is the idea

that ideas

are worth having

*

poetry

has never saved

a life but a life

has saved poetry

too many times

to make a poet

want to end it

all