The Secret
Let's say you are a construction worker
yet secretly you are an artist.
Lets suppose you are a rough-neck
and would not be caught dead
drinking Bud Light,
yet secretly you're a poet.
Shouldn't you be more like
those you imagine to be
on those Labral Arts forums,
or the ones that
get themselves published
in University Poetry Reviews?
You know: cultured types.
You keep on hammering
and riveting words onto a screen;
keep drinking with your buddies
who, if they knew, would not give a
for your fancy writing?
Maybe they would think you weird,
and secretly,
you know you are.
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2023
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