Another Useless Poem

by Ken Shiovitz

 

One more useless poem,

      Delivered through encephalic sphincter

            Of yet one more useless poet.

 

Meaningless drivel of analogy and simile,

      Like digital exploration of Roget’s Thesaurus,

            By nearsighted, finger-amputated, wheelchair philosopher.

 

Familiar~droning~rhythmic~intonation,

      Of faceless~replaceable~National~Public~Radio~voices,

            Eliciting~visual~images~of farm tractors~and~hands,

                  Gnarly~hands,

                        Knobby~sinewy~veiny~ life-distorted ~hands.

 

Moony, awestruck, spirit-sopped revelations,

      Endlessly envisaged hallucinogenic impressions,

            About the Moon,

            About the Great Blue Heron,

            About the Moon.

 

Wine-soaked street poet and

      Award-soaked postdoctoral academic poet,

            Cowboy poet,

            Child poet,

            Urban-butch, imminent-death, reflective poet.

 

Nothing meaningful to say,

      Nothing novel except a different mind and mouth,

Nothing but a

      Different perspective.

 

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