Watch Out, Bullies
If I and my poems were dissed
by those deemed elite--just dismissed,
I’d be so mature.
Their barbs I’d endure—
unless I should get REALLY p_ _ _ _ _!
My sarcastic quips might be flying,
fake moxie to keep me from crying!
I’d not stand there gaping.
“I’ll never be aping
your style”—my words might leave them sighing.
*****************
If some ladder-climbing go-getter,
an ambitious, thriving big cheddar*
should call me a slacker,
I’d surely not smack ‘er;
I’d say, “I’ve been called worse by better!”
“Big cheese” (important, powerful person) didn’t fit here!
November 4, 2020
Poetry Contest Title: Judged by a Jury of Your Peers Placed 6th
Sponsor: Mark Koplin
Copyright © Janice Canerdy | Year Posted 2020
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