illustration: VESUVIUS

POETIC INJUSTICE


Poets dry up

like muddy rivers

the earth cracks and swallows their words

as if they were fish

being flushed down a toilet

Poets dry up

like small woolen socks

wrung out

and hung out beneath the sun

that one eyed dragon with hot August breath

It's May 24th

2:15 PM

and suddenly

it's a bit too warm

to write much today.