A Verse Averse to Verse

Stop. Cut it out. No more
Addled doggerel dank.
If you can’t say something

Profound, at least pretend
Your speech is plain, language
Meaningful, poetry

Something to do with truth
Or images or pain,
Actual memories

Of actual people
Determined to tell us
In no uncertain terms

What it means to be them.
Get back here. Stop prattling,
You tuneless wind-up toy.