Do Not Feed the Poet

by Fred Aiken

feeding the poet will not be tolerated,

get back,

step back,

do not approach, or if you do, approach with extreme caution,

if they sense anything sweet or savory, then they will pounce and be on you like a boar on a wildebeest,

or whatever is their natural enemy,

wild dangerous poetic attacks can be the most vicious things you suffer,

but so long as you stay away,

do not approach,

and especially do not feed,

then most poets will die soon enough, hungry, emotion-filled lumps of clay,

with plenty of dust bunnies in their pocket