poetry is dead in the venues we are accustomed there is no beat sitting on stage preaching the madness no romantics in stony silence as the pages turn we have no present day poets that still believe in the written word and the effect a line break can have on a reader no no more no one wants to settle behind the scenes rockstar lifestyles don't present themselves to the typists beating their keyboards as they do their wives but that's how it goes these are for me anyways not you this is the purging of every sinful thought I create you don't know the half of it probably none at all but that's how it goes these lines all this poetry isn't made for kindles and smart phones no more typewriters or weekly readings only me dark in my room poisoning the text box and shivering guiltily as i write one more line