to be a poet

I’m manic and I want to send you more poetry! It’s not the weekly time yet but it has to happen now! I need the dopamine hits of your likes and shares and comments! Keep them coming! Now here’s how to be a poet.

to be a poet

to be a poet 
you must transcribe 
the disquiet 
of the lonesome;
you must brave the 
destitution of anger's
regret and come out
shredded; you must
refine the elixir
of your language to 
a sharpened electricity.
don't let your words 
coagulate.
keep them mixed 
with your metaphors.
trumpets sound when
you walk. people 
make rude gestures 
behind your back.
your feast is made of sand.

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