i can't be bothered with a poem today
By: Erin Gast

i can’t be bothered with a poem today
i don’t feel like writing a poem today
coming up with lines
developing 
                line 
                            breaks
            with
                                              significance
i can’t be bothered with a poem today
i need to drink coffee and wear black
besides, i’m not a poet, i don’t have a beret
i have to talk with pretentious metaphors and imagery
describing the pitter patter of the morning rain and how it really symbolizes 
            marriage, which in itself represents the riots in egypt
i’m well informed and you are not
you’d call it a beautiful work of art because you don’t understand any of it
i can’t be bothered to write a poem today
i have to stick my head in the oven