Gag - 3/22/2017

The poet is sometimes found

deep inside their own rear

and I assure you the smell of their words

is not that hard to hear

Have you noticed novice poetry?

I certainly have

I'm a novice myself

and sometimes I make me gag

The nothingness garbled

in words on a page

meant to exude reverberations

But more often these rumbles

lead straight to my throat

they get tangled

with purposelessness

and just noise

The rhythms, mechanics

to say something? What?

spit it out! but please

if you can help it

don't vomit

I crave something deeper

can we try to listen?

sometimes all that's there

is a shallow feeling