People Poems · CTP-0005
Scam Artisan vs. Talking Poem

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"Write anything because the sound attracts"
says Mark--not the apostle.
As id attracts us to the sins our minds devise
for him and her and us and we, unique cells
in skull hells, well, so am I supposed to seduce
the teetering populace from the straight and narrow
farmer's market road--you know who I am...
I'm your local poet!
I [unclear word] these keys with raindrop falling
fingers like I would bring about the flood--
being uncovenanted by rainbows--
but I make no claims to Godhood--in fact I prefer
to think on it, on poetry, on crafting poems,
as being a craftsman, an artisan--like Geppetto,
observe Pinnochio? Can it come to life?
Can it exclaim
THERE ARE NO STRINGS ATTACHED
A casual boy, it seems, a luck boy it seems,
Wolfing looks from its Smith-Corona cradle at me!
Obscene, Obscene, Toro! Toro! Yes I'm feeling
bullish says he, saucy boy in red ink --
he belongs asleep on a pizza tucked in by CHEESE!
Go to, go to pizza prince, the rest is pepperoni
silence, sweet basil dreams, adieu!
This is the poem speaking--this man is a word
shucking huckster; writing poems for free!? Absurd!
He must have an angle, a scheme, a scam--this is
Miami afterall! Maybe he's conniving a fraudulent
Senior home-healthcare scam...insurance scam...
It's something--I know it! Keep your eyeballs on
him...I would if I could but I'm just a poem
you see...