I don’t write poems like diary entries
I don’t want you to read my goddamn diary
I don’t want to tell you about a trauma I endured
You can watch Real Housewives to soak up traumas endured
I write poems like I have sex
Kinda sweaty kinda weird kinda hard
Sometimes over too soon
Sometimes carrying on, trying to impress, making up for something someone told me long ago that I can’t deal with until I’m naked and on fire
I read poems like their author is coming on to me
I don’t care who they are
That’s how I read ‘em and I like it that way
I think most poets probably write poems like they have sex
I think when a poem is right it comes out like a dragon’s orgasm and comes in just where you need it most yeah just like that