The poet’s son
Sit down and read this poem, mister.
Not only will you read it,
but you'll like it, too.
You'll like it and you'll tell me so.
You'll sit down and read this poem
and you'll like it or so help me God.
Because you know what?
There are plenty of kids
in the world who would love
to have a dad who is a poet.
Kids who would be grateful
for their warm bed at night,
thankful for their current generation X-box.
Poor African children who could survive
on the crumbs of food you throw away.
All of this, every bit of it,
paid for by poetry.
Books of poems just like this one
that ordinary people think enough of
to purchase at Barnes & Noble so we
as a family might enjoy a nice lifestyle -
the one you so coldly dismiss as lame.
Now, wipe that smirk off your face,
young man.
Sit down and read this poem.
10:28:21 PM  Poems
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