The Poet Fears Failure

 The poet fears failure
& so she says
"Hold on pen--
what if the critics
hate me?"
& with that question
she blots out more lines
than any critic could.


The critic is only doing his job:
keeping the poet lonely.

He barks
like a dog at the door
when the master comes home.


It's in his doggy nature.

If he didn't know the poet
for the boss,
he wouldn't bark so loud.


& the poet?
It's in her nature
to fear failure
but not to let that fear
blot out

her lines.

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