Poem Three scams us,       

I fear, in that even those

most accepting of poetry

approximating prose (or vice

versa) may find themselves

hard pressed to find it poetic

And while few may

ever know its true

motivations, many will

probably surmise obligations

were on its poet’s/writer’s

mind of liberation. Yet, did

it speak of too many topics?

Monetary and non-monetary are

the important issues say those

common and corporate, while

some of the no longer categorized

have flown away in airplanes,

although some of those have

stumbled on the runway steps

And then the non-flyers

(the grounded so to speak)

have been left to wonder

if they were to blame; had

their election of an incompetent

emboldened warmongers to

massacre their neighbors

half the world away?

But some other flyers

never returned from

waterway landings

or tall buildings crashes,

and some had flown away

in helicopters – they flashed

the peace sign as they boarded

and departed from the back lawn

But here’s a check of reality

for those who, with pen in

hand, attempt smooth

transference of time’s

three divisions – beware of

the displeasure cast by

high and holy rollers

of literature. Better perhaps

that you hide within the

sanctuary of anonymity, even

though most of those

literary rollers are only

high – not holy

Nevertheless, I’m afraid

even if poets and

writers can remain anonymous,

so-called “accepted literary guys”

(guys of course referring to people

from both of the sexes

we once accepted as exclusive)

will no doubt express

disdain for the output

of such creative types,

and especially for

those they term “writing rookies”

Oh but do you know those guys?

They’re often displayed with black

hair, and sometimes black glasses;

and some have black skin . . .

Oh God!

Oh God, hide me!

Hide me where they

can’t call me the

n, f, r, or

any other word

Yes, I’d say today

another novice

has learned that,

literary devices, used within

written pieces, may sometimes

have significant, as well as

occasionally hidden meanings,

and sometimes those meanings will

anger, offend and embarrass,

as was the case with she who

complained that nowadays

perfectionists seem to be

overrunning the blogs!

Just give me simplicity in

both prose and poetry say

the guards of literature. And

don’t force readers to expend

too much mental effort

attempting to discern all

of what they’ve just read

And, it seems

the true allegiance of

today’s “thought shapers” lies

not with scholarly pursuit,

but rather with “dumbing down”.

In other words, for them, reading

enjoyment means encountering

words and written styles

such as Dick and Jane (but these

days especially Jane), rather

than Ernest or F. Scott

may have utilized.

And, we’ve seemingly lost

the ability to accept

only correct language usage

from Americans who currently

refuse to use English properly:

plus, many “new Americans”

struggle with their new nation’s

mode of communication, and

some of them no doubt

would rather U.S.A. born

Americans be forced to learn

the language of the “immigrants”

rather than the immigrants

be forced to learn

the language spoken in

            the nation they’re immigrating to