Again she stumbled on a contest
\n“why do they care?” she said
\nThere’s this scar on her chest
\n“No one cares how little writers fare”<\/p>\n
Same old same old
\nWhat glitters these days is fake gold!<\/p>\n
I know a girl
\nWho wrote a million and one times
\nBut no one would swirl
\nThey live on as her artistic heart dies<\/p>\n
Even the London bridge lady doubted her fairness
\nUntil the builders shielded their eyes from all her brightness<\/p>\n
I’m quite shy to admit you see,
\nPerhaps you have noticed?
\nI’m the she and the she is me
\nOne writer no one has ever noticed<\/p>\n
A horse by the name Wergle
\nNeighed at her from her phone screen
\nYour feather kept giving her a tickle
\nTill She yelled ‘I’m a persevering Queen!’<\/p>\n
She usually toiled her pen for no dime
\nBut you had the girlie’s black pupils
\nreplaced with dollar sign<\/p>\n
You seem to be a straw
\n‘Cause I’ll be a camel
\n“No entry fee” was what I saw
\nOkay! Here’s an offer sweet as caramel <\/p>\n
I may not have stressed my brain
\nBut here I am about to send the mail Settle Wergle wrote me this poem
\nFingers are crossed if it will sound sane
\nWill this hammer head hit the reader’s nail?
\nYes it will, Amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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