NOT TOO FAR-FETCHED TO BELIEVE

NOT TOO FAR-FETCHED TO BELIEVE

no not
quite the perfect
device for
reaching consensus
producing acceptance

no fault of
the poet, one
the poem must own;

reflect only
the art that failed
to inspire left
much to
communicate

the poet so much
rejection heading his
her way during
the course
of which lifetime

poem
the only compensation
and yet here
it fails
(not too far-
fetched to believe) No