May 27, 2016
May 27, 2016
Don't Spoil; For the Critic
Two short poems.
Don't Spoil; For the Critic
by Lorenzo A. Fernandez Jr.
Don't Spoil
I don’t have any jitter
today,
save a sleepy feeling,
but please,
don’t spoil it.
It’s only a sting.
Oh, I can’t,
I just can’t . . .
Honest today, I am
a water brain.
For the Critic
Your cold eyes
Won’t tame
My poem. Soon
I’ll break
Your crown,
Your clipper.
But then
I’m smart: I have
Yet to run
The first lap
And plant a star
On the chart.
I don’t have any jitter
today,
save a sleepy feeling,
but please,
don’t spoil it.
It’s only a sting.
Oh, I can’t,
I just can’t . . .
Honest today, I am
a water brain.
For the Critic
Your cold eyes
Won’t tame
My poem. Soon
I’ll break
Your crown,
Your clipper.
But then
I’m smart: I have
Yet to run
The first lap
And plant a star
On the chart.
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