Poetry written on the sidewalk with dried animal feces

the Travelling Poet

I can't afford chalk, so don't balk

at using a thesaurus

rex, king of synonyms and creator of

faux poetry, symmetry without humility,

think you're the best poet, you know it, everyone

pretends to know it, and I know

that you're a hack in an Ivy League wrapper

and everyone knows that wrappers are meant to be

thrown away.

fin.

Pooetry

Ingredients:

1. water

2. newspaper

3. poo

4. a good idea

4a. preferebly an idea with greater substance and meaning than a goddamn flowery meadow.

4b. preferebly something with a social or philosophical impact, like homelessness for instance, as opposed to some melodrama about a dying relative or some tragic isolated event. How about: a homeless man of color dying from cancer that they got from Agent Orange while serving in the Army during the Vietnam War - how's that for impact?

5. Pre-poem regarding the content of the current poem's outline:

Remember that Chronic issues, long-term problems and future tragedies

are often overlooked
and ignored.

Leave accidents, catastrophes and despicable criminal

acts to the local

news.

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