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Poetry is Pointless (Free verse) by somemorepoetry
When you can't think of any way to say it
Write it down on a piece of paper and
Post it on the internet
So everyone can see
Your little secrets flailing in the wind
As they cling to the strings
Tied to your head
Snip them off
They'll fly away
For someone else to gather up and read
There's no use pretending
They never existed
They are marked
They are dirty
With the fingerprints of your thoughts
There are never mistakes
Just regrets
That someone out there
Now knows you have some psychological condition
Requiring you to tell via a pen name or lie
Everything you promised to keep with you until the day you died
We all better die then
All us poets and singers
We have traitorous mouths and deceitful fingers
Forget about the life you need to lead
Go write something down
Go pretend to say something that will someday actually matter
Say something sweet
So when they bury you they'll have something
To carve on the headstone and place in the dirt
Knowing you wrote it the one time you were not hurt
Say something cruel
Something profound
We all know we all are geniuses
Every single one of us will be the next great voice
The next great speaker
For the new generation
And if no one else happens to notice
At least we will
Here in this market where we all act important together
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