I’m a poem-writer of non-renown

I shouldn’t write long poems;

poems with a lot of words.

whether I’m good at it or not

is not the question.

the questions is: who’ll take

the time to read them?

everybody’s busy with their own stuff.

time spent with my stuff means

less time they’ll have with their own stuff.

makes sense.

Browning doesn’t have this problem.

he’s a poet of renown.

I just read “Fra Lippo Lippi”

after reading “Andrea Del Sarto”

two very long poems with lots of words.

now I’m mourning my poems

left behind in the non retrievable distance.

zooks! fuckin’ Browning.