THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF THE PERFECT POEM
(’91)
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-Poet in distress—
one line away
from eternal praise,
a few short words
from perfection,
one or two more
commas to complete
the all-time greatest poem!
-Ah! To receive requests
of autographs from Octavio Paz
and Mark Strand,
to grant interviews to
East Coast Literary Journals,
to be stepped on
at the Venice, California,
Walk of Poets…
-Only one more line,
just a few simple words…
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