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C Ra McGuirt





being a poet is a bitch.

if you write a poem
(& you will, even if it fails
to make you friends or money),

& no one understands it,

then you can be sure
that it sucks,

unless it's a really
great poem.


don't be proud of being
misunderstood:

that's like taking
pride in being
a virgin.


don't give up too much,
or you're a whore.


explain just barely enough
& you're a poet,


& being a poet is a bitch:


sometimes, you have
to go all the way

to protect your
reputation.

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