...and There is No One Around to Read It...
Missing In Action:
Shovelheat
New-Age Nomad
Dr. Donald
Dynamaso
Ms. Mitchell
KellyW.
JohnnyMasuda
DeathByBeebles
all my online regulars
have all moved on
back to their careers
their spouses
or perhaps even
The Great Beyond
all I know is they’re not here
and I’m still here
cranking it out
like moldy sausage
there was a time
when I looked forward
to their reflection
for validation
but now I have
this empty mirror
and my lone histrionic
voice crying out
in the desert
God hears me
and I should be happy with that
but I’m not
I keep shadowboxing
with the word and the form
sometimes to the point
of exhaustion
and what do I have to show for it?
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Writing
is sometimes its own reward
but I’m not all that good at it
and the secret truth is
I want to connect
with others
with something grander
maybe even something
universal and eternal
and though I know
my limitations
still
perversely
I persist
which just makes me
a sentimental sop
of a
human being
and an
embarrassment
to the
Poetry Industry.