FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO REJECT MY POEMS [Part VII]

VII

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the human eye

barely

holds attention longer

and seeks only what it

wants

you

look on

lists, tables of contents,

menus

directories

all of these things

looking only for what

you

want

if i use the word

"fuck"

(see, you jumped a little!)

you jump a little

and flip to it

to read about

fuck

why my poems

will never lead you on

i promise

with big bold letters

on the top

of the page

or in the middle of a page

or across from some dots

with a number by its side

i've always wanted

to write a book

of poems

where the page numbers

on the TABLE OF CONTENTS

were off

so when you flip to

that poem

you will read another

that had nothing

to do

with the title

that you read

i would title a poem

"SEX WITH A HOOKER"

and make it about

my first Communion

just to tease you

but instead

i let the poems

speak

for themselves

unless, of course

i can tie it up

in a little red box

(i wish i had a little red box

to put the Devil in...)

with a bow

in BIG

BOLD

LETTERS

to make you think

about what it all is

then i will

or if

the title means

something

to

me

then it happens

to be

like my poems -

if they make sense

then the happen to be

as is

without a silly little hat

on top

just because someone wears a cowboy hat

doesn't make them a cowboy