Poets Understand You Like No Other

Poets understand you like no other: They always know what you've been thinking about Because it's right there, staring out at them From inside of your poem. They know that you bleed them nightly For ideas; since ideas are such a rarity in this world Sometimes an idea only goes around once- You've got to grab it up quick. And what don't they know, about those love poems: Don't think they don't know Who was the inspiration for all those.. But they do not seem to mind it: Trading thoughts, no different than trading spit Many such exchanges made under cover of darkness Just be sure next morning, in the cardboard box you drag back home again It's your own soul you're carrying away with you.