False Reflection

Stop trying to be a poet,
  and say what you feel

Kill off the dilettante
  both hands on the wheel

In front of the mirror,
  we all wear a crown

Are your verses to be written
  —by a sage or a clown

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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