by Mike Boyle
(October 25th, 2004)
i wonder what real poets do
if their cages rattle
or if they
paint graveyards
for dead friends
because they just
disappeared

somekind of sloth
got me today
must have been
100 degrees
in the shop
ac broken
heat and noise
coming off
machines

finally, someone came in
to fix it
late afternoon
sd,
"it's hot in here, eh?"
"no," ron said,
"this is what a sauna is supposed to feel like"
then there were some jokes
about it
like i imagine
people on death row
joke
how some people pay
for this kind of heat
in healthclubs

wrongsure...
too hot
glassafterglass
of water
stinking
sweat

i wonder
why
the real poets
don't talk about
stuff like this

or
why
guys
in factories
don't
write poems
about it

then i get home
and don't wonder
at all

because i'm spent
                        

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