Poetry
I don't know that poetry
needs be anything but poetry,
while myself realizing
that definition greatly varies –
but I have seen acrobatic
words that flop like
wingless birds,
and predictable political
soap-boxing – not my vote
if lacking a fine musical note,
with a rose in the orator's hair
for those, like me, who otherwise
wouldn't care –
aside from all else
poetry should be beautiful
first, even when the subject
is misery, poetry having ability
to spiritual transcend
yet purely gymnastics does have
a poetic flair
and politics has its tuneful trumpeting
elephants and rhythmic donkey braying,
though
written mostly
for whoever is paying
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