Saturday, January 23, 2016

Statements About Poetry




I am the pages that rots on the shelf    
     decaying and decomposing.
The words within are truths to be exposed.
                       to be exposed?



I, THE Sabertooth Tiger of Arctic Romania,            
have such a weak bite    my prey get away.
                I fell off clouds before.     Autobiographies Rot
                                               is that good enough?      

I, THE Scorpion of Sahara Egypt,
can't see in light    I only come out at night.                         
                    I was in a war once.
                                            Wait!   what war?

I, THE Pterodactyl of pre-historic Earth,
am not a Dinosaur    just a flying reptile.
                    I fought a two-headed dragon once.
                                                                          does that count?
I, THE Elephant of Southern Africa,
die without friendship    I fear to be alone.
                    I never made it on to the Twit field.
                                                                                             is that shameful?


The book that decays on that old shelf
           has book rot and black stains.
Maybe the secrets are actually meant to 
rot.
                      to rot.