Teach me how to write a poem.
Heart to pen, pen to paper,
Why should I read Whitman, Joyce, and all the rest?
Why is it they who are the best?

Teach ME how to write a poem!
Pen to paper, paper to trash;
I don’t need to hear their crap;
hear the sob story of some sap.

Teach me how to write a poem.
Paper to trash, trash to regret;
why can’t I feel out loud?
I wanna be known; I wanna be proud...

Teach me how to write a poem.
Regret to change, change ‘till it’s over.
Maybe one day people will know who I am;
maybe one day they’ll feel it, person to person, man to man.

Teach me how to write a poem.
Maybe they've climbed up from hell;
maybe they earn what they lack.
Maybe others just wanna' pay it back.