Rant in Free Verse

Ok, here’s the deal
-Free-versers-
we get no respect

That’s

-R- E- S- P- E- C- T-
like the song

we ARE
the Rodney Dangerfield’s of poetry

you think this isn’t
HARD WORK?

think just because
we
don’t
rhyme
everytime
that’s its not
POETRY?

don’t think we know
our iambs
from our
pentameters?
(okay -
so I look them up)

that we
“should try harder”

knowing when
to put in
--C l e v e r--
--Line--
--Breaks--

…or when to let the line run on a little bit longer…
or when
to use
eclipse instead of caress
takes
timeandeffort

so the next time
you see a
worn down
free-verser
give ‘em
some of that

-R- E- S- P- E- C- T-

or at least
slip a
fiver
in their
hat