Thomas Martin Poet Limerick

Poets, Inc

Part 1
The straggle into the board room, as usual was a bore
Idly quoting poets long dead, only this and nothing more
Howled when we learned TGIF fridays were forever gones
Terrible gnashing of teeth, moaning as we fanned bygones
Shouts of poets rebelling, tweeting, only this for evermore

Part 2
The question was asked how to whitewash this poetry threat
Perhaps fly them to the Zanzibar Meet on the corporate jet 
Hoping they would argue ad infnitum over poor Carrol's license
And no one, not even the ceo, would notice their  absence
Only this we ask and nothing more, just leave the corporate pet.

Part 3
After hours of arguing themselves silly,
Paid careful attention to Recuerdo by Milly
An Edna Saint reading that is, that brought tears
And wiped away those petty, bourgeois fears,
Even returning the pet, saying goodbye to pissiness.

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Andrea Dietrich April 28, 2015 at 11:35 PM thomas, for some reason , this one reminded me of a parody of Poe, quoth the Raven nevermore. did I get that right? I enjoyed the references to the poets of old lke Edna St vincent!! soupmail.

Constance La France April 25, 2015 at 7:10 AM Thomas, wonderful, I read this several times and each time it got better, for me it described people (Poets, Inc) set in time and the arguing over poetry instead of the reading of poetry that is in the now and full of tears, 7, and thanks for visiting my poem, Burning Daylight Day Lily