Poetry asks. A lot of brains

don’t bother. If you want
your poems to be read, don’t
hide them behind a click. 
Maybe throw a visual in–
people seem to react to
knit projects, paintings,
but poetry is scary:
Even if you kept out
politics, religion, epiphany,
romance, war, derision. 
If you want a response,
maybe send a recording. 
Maybe film yourself
reciting it while you
paint yourself red. 
Very few will dare to pause.
Prepare to get looked past, 
lost in the scroll–
still, you revise until it’s worthy.