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I Want To Be A Big Time Poet
By
Tom Tannehill
Early each morning I sit at my desk
And try to clear my mind
To write a worldly, significant poem
That’s valued by mankind
Like something Frost or Whitman wrote
I think that would be nice
Or maybe something Shakespearian-esque
I imagine that’d suffice.
But, I guess my mind don’t work that way
‘Cause the harder that I try
The sillier the thoughts I have
I just ain’t really sure why
I know I got a serious poem
Somewhere inside of me
A poem to 'wow' the literate world
And make me a celebrity.
Oh heck, I’ll have to admit it
My heart isn’t really in it.
But someday my poems will be acclaimed
And I’ll have my fifteen minutes of fame.
So for now I’ll sit and plod away
Piling words with nothing to say
‘Til that muse-thing grabs ahold of me
And I write the quintessential poem. Seriously.
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