Dear Poems,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
You lied to me<\/p>\n
You swore this would be easy<\/p>\n
That you would be here<\/p>\n
In my darkest hours<\/p>\n
That I would find solace in your simple rhythm<\/p>\n
Your joyful rhyme<\/p>\n
Your melodious metaphor<\/p>\n
your stunning simile<\/p>\n
But after 21 hours<\/p>\n
you are like the lover<\/p>\n
That will not leave<\/p>\n
You want breakfast and cuddles<\/p>\n
You want my full attention<\/p>\n
For me it is just word porn now<\/p>\n
You toy with me<\/p>\n
I indulge you<\/p>\n
But I get nothing in return<\/p>\n
My back aches, my head pounds<\/p>\n
Yet still you demand<\/p>\n
I can barely think<\/p>\n
But you want more, much much more<\/p>\n
You want all of me<\/p>\n
Until my brain shrivels<\/p>\n
And my fingers flail about<\/p>\n
You own me<\/p>\n
You miserable miser of misery<\/p>\n
Poetry<\/p>\n
It will do you good they said<\/p>\n
And now I stand on the streetcorner<\/p>\n
begging the muses for a morsel<\/p>\n
Anything to get me through<\/p>\n
Poetry<\/p>\n
Keep it away from your children<\/p>\n
And your grandmother<\/p>\n
It will do you no good<\/p>\n
In the dead of night<\/p>\n
When your eyes want to close<\/p>\n
And turn it to prose<\/p>\n
But the poem, just badgers<\/p>\n
And commands<\/p>\n
A demanding lover til the bitter caustic end<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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