by M L Woldman
hunting the winter for unchewed words
groveling the muse a modicum of mirth
scouring sanguine syllables befuddled
the poet keeps on writing
coercing all the paper tigers
inscribing all indignant drivers
learning how to drink alone
the poet keeps on writing
somewhere the cry of gutter masters
somewhere the the cut of glass and foot
somewhere the shudder of factory windows
the poet keeps on writing
the alchemy of words entwining
the futility of syllabic crescendos
the somber voices of gods intoning
the poet keeps on writing
the poverty and plight of scrounging moaning
the hungry herald dark enfolding
the naked screaming skies devolving
the poet keeps on writing
the poet keeps on writing
the poet keeps on writing
beyond all reason or sense
the poet keeps on writing
