A Poet

poet. 

he writes,

ears listen more to 
words,
than

 faces 

the life of 
a poet.
eyes of 
a 
fish
           drifting through 
an ocean


a poet. 
a poet who knows it. 
His work uniform 
doesn't show it,

conform or expose 
It ? 

burn it,
dare he ?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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