Your Restless Finger Art
Most poems
bite the bones of our restless fingers;
if ignored they may lay grub-sized eggs
under the welcome mat,
eggs that hatch into noxious clouds
within unsuspecting minds.
Best to write down those words
no matter how absurd.
Best to get it all off your chest
before it grows into a 500 pound gorilla.
Do you read your poem out loud
even before the words take form?
Do you make weird sounds
inside your mouth?
Do you rattle your epiglottis
as if it were an apple tree
and you were starving for just one apple?
If so, you must be a poet,
maybe not a good one
but by God you try, and if you annoy -
it you only create noxious clouds
then let them be smoke signs,
signals that you are most passionate
about how original your art smells.
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