I could whine
about Ginsberg
or Rupi Kaur
or the general state
of the universe
and it would be
hollow complaint
falling on deaf ears
waiting to dismiss me
waiting to tell me
I’m nothing compared
to Corso or Dunbar
or Dickenson
or any other poet
my run on sentences
paraded publicly
as profound verse
fooling next to no one
but I continue
undeterred
with minimal complaint
I live and let live
They do their thing
and I do mine
I’ll likely be content
when I meet my maker
imperfect, ever brutish
I followed my own muse
Undeterred by critics
I dug into the vortex
entirely at my own pace