you can’t write 
a poem
about writing a poem
just who do you think 
you are
you aren’t Ginsberg
you aren’t Whitman
hell you’re barely even
a poet
you’re just some
twenty-something 
kid
who thinks because 
his heart is sewed 
on his sleeve
and because you know
how to write some fancy words 
and insert a few
line breaks 
that you’re
some sort of
authority 
you’re right
you’re right
you are right 
about it all

but i’m gonna do it
anyway 

 you bastard