It Takes Lots of Tricks To Write a Poem

It takes a lot of tricks to write a good poem It's not easy to understand the theorem The magic, the divine essence of being a Poet These days everybody is one: the Muffet pet And the puppet. Everybody should express Their feelings on paper. Even if it is a mess If you are very famous like Michael Jackson Whatever crap you write has teeth and bone Everybody wants to read, all debris become viral The Press is writing about it. Oh! This thing is genial Oh! How wonderful to forget Once you're famous, you can get A lot of stuff for free: free marketing Free publicity, famous writers are writing About your works in the latest edition Of the New Yorker magazine. This a sensation And your poem is on the first page. Big Business wants you. In a flash your pink pig Is sniffling the red carpet, because you're A superstar, you're a genius. The main door Is wide open. A singer needs a poet, a writer A poet is a great lyricist. A writer appreciates a singer Like Jacques Brel. What a genius! He was different. His songs were like poems. He had style. He had talent He put Louis Aragon in heaven. Suddenly, our tears will dry No woman, no cries. Bob Marley now lives above the sky With the angels and the saints. They have gone forward And we, the aliens of Earth, are willing to go downward. Copyright © December 2017, Hebert Logerie, All rights reserved Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.