there are words I don’t like

to see in poems

they are the liars

they are the poetic

and the words poets use to pretend

they are poets


I have not let these words enter

my vocabulary

I cannot bring them to mind

now that you ask

they don’t belong to revolution

or the masses

and they are the true poets

Written (after the fact) for the GloPoWriMo Day 10 prompt:
write a poem that uses alliteration and punning. See if you can’t work in references to at least one word you have trouble spelling, and one that you’ve never quite been able to perfectly remember the meaning of.

I guess I didn’t really hit this prompt but this is the inspiration that arose from it. Somewhat a manifesto.