Wednesday, March 25, 2020

War Against the Boring Old White Men

OK, it’s war.
I don’t buy your claim to be a demigod.
Robert Bly was an impostor.
It’s only a problem with male poets,
right? They keep waving their rods
at me. OK, it’s war—
get down off your high whores
and admit you’re a pathetic clod,
like that horrible Robert Bly character,
who said he stole sugar
from the castle but it was just his own ball-barf.
But isn't it overkill to go to war
with these losers? They aren't worth the care.
When we depended on their nurturance, we starved.
They’re only pathetic impostors.
People encourage them as they encourage little boys.
When the little boys grow up to be poets, let’s pay no more
attention to them. OK, it’s war.
I’m not listening to any of you any more.