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 Poetry Is Making A ComebackAll the things we decided not to talk about Now get written aboutIn the only wayThat can ' t be said.It ’s progressBut it can ’t lastSome asshole will ruin itPretty soon our lives will be meteredAnd broken into stanzas.Schools will arise to tell usWhy certain poems are goodAnd all these others are bad. Schisms inevitably ensueBetween rival schools Over the true definition of a sonnet.There will be a heraldryOf pompous inanityA cacophony of competing reveillesPlatoons of Shakespeare cosplayersWielding iron quills.A king declares : poem, poem, not a poem, poem, not a poemAt special gatherings of his small council.The official poems will make all the moneyWhile the rest return to lives of squalorA few of these survive as samizdatSlips of paper passed under tablesMy fingertips brushing your handYou ’ll feel me every time you read itYou will think: poetry is making a comeback2/7/24

Source: Buckeye Surgeon - February 7, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs