Why, the audience is so small,
He said to me.
As if he didn' t know
The busy haggard sameness of a hamester wheel
With movies and video games attached as well as anyone.
He was born here after all and knows what people here think of poets--
If they think about them at all.
Surprised by his surprise I shamble through an explanation.
Since it was me that took the chance of showing the
Inside of my mind to total strangers. Wouldn' t it be far better
Especially where we live, I said, if not many people came?
A bliss of the anonymous and relief, I should say.
He said to me.
As if he didn' t know
The busy haggard sameness of a hamester wheel
With movies and video games attached as well as anyone.
He was born here after all and knows what people here think of poets--
If they think about them at all.
Surprised by his surprise I shamble through an explanation.
Since it was me that took the chance of showing the
Inside of my mind to total strangers. Wouldn' t it be far better
Especially where we live, I said, if not many people came?
A bliss of the anonymous and relief, I should say.
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