When I imagine your wanton whispers
My
threadbare tympanum trembles thinly
These
days I feel like a tired t-shirt 
Hanging
grayly from a doorknob 
These days all the words I fling at the world
Narrow
fast back upon me 
Here in
the dry outskirts of profundity 
You
say that my poems lack
Thematic
content of the kind 
The
word “poetry” in the entire
Virtue of its meaning signifies
Far
stars evaporate
Even
this mug of tepid tea 
Has
a faint taint of complaisance 
You
say that the poet 
Who
never uses a past participle 
Deserves
the eternity he strives for
 
 
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