EASY
poetry is easy
you
just write it
and there it be
it is there
look at these
lines for example
nothing here
of note
what
could be easier?
everything open
totally transparent
complete absence
of the overly complicated,
tricky metaphor
hint
of theory
stuff that might
mask, deflect, expose,
distract,
misdirect
present you
with who knows what
confusion, dissonance
about
the nature of
your world, the world,
and who in this
world
in fact you
thought
you really are
get you to stay
from what you
know
to be true
were
told to be true
in heart and
soul
battle of
hearts and minds along
strictest of lines
between which
should not read
so easy to
read these lines
miss yourself
falling between them
there
you
be
have always been
there it lies
poems 2 die for 