I’m depressed to only now have discovered
This great poet Imagine if I’d discovered her earlier, I’d be rich Oh! the poems I would not have written, inspired By reading her Had I read her earlier, I would’ve thought this Is it—and the desire to write Would drain from my body In service of us all And I would move on To making money To acting, maybe Or farming Or simply to being of use in some other Less painful way
This great poet
Imagine if I’d discovered her earlier, I’d be rich
Oh! the poems I would not have written, inspired
By reading her
Had I read her earlier, I would’ve thought this
Is it—and the desire to write
Would drain from my body
In service of us all
And I would move on
To making money
To acting, maybe
Or farming
Or simply to being of use in some other
Less painful way
