THE LUNACY OF POETS

R.M. ENGELHARDT POET AUTHOR WRITER

THE LUNACY OF POETS

One poet agrees
With your political
Views but his overgrown
Ego perpetuates pure
Jealousy

Attacks you
On social media
Because you have more
Followers

Gets blocked &
His ass kicked
Publicly

Meanwhile
Another one
Has a fake profile
& pretends to be
A caring soul

Turns out to be
A fascist troll
Playing a game

Not a writer
Or a poet
But some “Thing”
With a complex
Called “Hate”

Stuck
Up his rectum
Which is directly connected
To his brain

And these are the
Reasons why poets
Become jaded having
To tolerate not only
The shit from a botched
Society but from their
Own profession

You’ve wrote
Worked hard
Over the years to
Create something
Amazing

New

Only to have to
Deal with the desperation
Of others who dislike the
Struggling that made you
Who you are today

And yet?

As writers neither
Of you make a living
Or a single paycheck
From all the words you’ve had
Printed out on paper

In a world where a mere taste
A small amount of
Both glory & fame
Betray us all

*The lesson of this poem?
Don’t be a dick.