(Apologies to William Cullen Bryant)
You, ordained by Nature, and
outfitted with mastery of metaphor;
You, of the abnormal wit that marks
and colors the poet’s skillset;
You precious few, endowed with
tricks of the tongue that get
You into creative corrals
out on the Hoi Polloi prairie –
Please don’t abdicate your sacred
office – not for a crappy J-O-B!
Dave Read