Which Came First
Which came first,
the poet or the poetry?
It is an age old question
echoed throughout the
Halls of Rhyme In Time–
In the meadows of
Free Verse, no predetermined
scheme, was it the poet or
dream? I awaken: take pen
in hand...the shell of me or
the yoke? It is the same old
poke, whether to write from
the outside in or the inside
soak? Ah—yes! Which came
first, the reason or the toke?
Some say it was the word
that first spoke; while others
far deeper into the joke say
that the poet would speak even
if he or she never spoke – Ah,
yes! Which came first, the beef
on the rib or the poet born to
write or poetry born to live?
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