A Grasshopper Writer
A Grasshopper Writer
To a poet the audience is
fickle.
We poets have to
deal with know-it-alls
criticizing every
I mean every comma
And em dash.
Oh dear, it’s an AI poem
mutters some readers
scandalous
Break all contact.
We might get infested with
robotese –!
mechanical verse
You write a killing
poetic masterpiece
share it
yawn
thud
decline.
It’s an Olympic obstacle
course of metaphors.
Shrugs dissolve you
into a puddle of
pathetic whimpers.
You try to wield a
funny poem.
yawn
thud
decline.
You long for the sound
of clapping acceptance
each attempt at
sharing
a heartbreaker
the quivering of nightmare.