Fred Aiken Writing

i don’t like writing long poems,
because i’m a lazy poet
that doesn’t like going through every line,
every stanza, every metaphor, every simile,
again and again and again,
just to make sure it’s right,
ready and ripe,
for your viewing pleasure,
so please,
don’t judge this poem’s brevity too harshly,
it’s doing its best,
considering the effort i put in,
or not, 
i don’t really know