Saturday, 30 April 2016

The Sadness of Telegraph Poles

I read a modern poem on
the sadness of telegraph poles.
It moved me greatly, and I wept
   – insert a simile here, please.

Not enough people dwell upon
the sadness of telegraph poles,
for if they did, I feel that we
   – insert a metaphor here, now.

If you don’t like the concept of
the sadness of telegraph poles,
don’t blame the poem or the poet
   – insert deficient feelings here.