THE LACKADAISICAL POET: About Poetry

To crawl into another’s soul

and sail through stanzas there

I cannot do

To slip into another’s heart

and caress the verses there

I cannot do

To meld into another’s mind

and read the words there

I cannot do

My poetry

about my poetry

I can do

My poetry

can make me drunker than midori sours

and black samuca chasers

straight up

My poetry

is my strongest antidepressant

My poetry

makes me almost as happy as Robin Williams’ stand-up

almost

My poetry

fills me up more than pizza

(and is certainly healthier)

My poetry

is like Star Trek

was there at my beginning

will be there at my end

April 28, 2019

#GloPoWriMo2019 #NaPoWriMo2019 Day 28 Prompt: write a meta-poem, a poem about poetry.

#ShutUpWrite2019 Challenge

THE LACKADAISICAL POET