(......12aug3) Google Maps To My Poems
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You have to get
from point A
to point B
in my mind
without taking
a wrong turn,
that's not
as easy
as it may sound,
a single word
can throw you off
if you take
a meaning
I don't intend
or slide
off on a slippery
patch of syntax.
I comb over poems
again and again looking
for the dead-end
or the likely wrong turn
or the roadblocks
because I know most of you
won't go on
if you come to
a log or a dead cow
in the road
of my poem,
you'll just
start reading
someone else.
How long do I have
to make
an impression
on you,
30 seconds,
the way those books
at Kinkos say it is
with a job interview?
So I have
to make sure
my syntax
is a throughway
and then
I have to get a grant
to boost the infrastructure
of my poem,
add a few lanes
(subtly,
NOT LIKE THIS!)
so you not only won't
have to puzzle
it out too much,
but it'll keep you
absolutely riveted
i give up
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