Playground Fairytale

and the poet worried about the imagery of the current week
about not finding enough metaphors to satisfy the average reader
about using those second-hand phrases passed down in anger ; in
anguish as you searched your own limited vocabulary

and the poet worried about the coming week
about having to โ€” rhyme
about having meters tangling their freely spoken words
about fitting the academic world into their โ€”

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