All The Poets Are Dead

It’s not something they tell you It’s not something they teach you except for when they do but they also don’t It’s a quiet lie, it doesn’t require words just scorn to tell you all about how Poems are for children Poems are for sad people who don’t want to be happy Poems are for old people clinging to something long gone Poems are for dramatic teenagers Poems are for loners and losers Poems aren't something people love Poems aren’t something people write not if they have Standards and Pride Nobody ever says “I write poems” not if they don’t want to get laughed out of the room and probably off the Real World too So we learn that all the poets are dead But take heed Real World That's a quiet lie, it doesn’t require truth it doesn’t account for Us