I am a nervous poet; sleep with my pen under my pillow.
All my sheets are white. And that's despite the fact that
I sleep with all my verbs on.
I've had friends that were good who were poets that are dead,
And the poem always got them in their sleep.
I rhyme with one eye open. I give birth in my sleep like a bear
To cubs that have left their crap on the notepad in the morning.
All over it; like letters from one poet to another -a thankful thing
Since poets say nice things nicer than non-poets; and even insult with
Slightly more finesse.
But it always gets you in the end, the poem. It gets you with the
Caps Lock, and you can see the Head of the Title, and then...
I'm a nervous poet; sleep with my pen under my pillow.
I traded it for a *****.
I'll dig with it.