A PAGE OUT OF THE DICTIONARY
by John Grey
POET (def)
a person engaged
in the creation of poetry
POETRY.
words
placed in a kiln
and heated until
the outer layer
hardens into a crust
then dipped in a tart solution
softened for about three days
before being
cajoled and/or tortured
into the desired consistency
examples include
the ancient English poet
highly respected in the community
(see Keats, Byron, Wordsworth, Shelley, Coleridge)
as was the German dichter
(see Goethe, Heine)
however in certain Latin American countries
the average poeta
was considered radical, dangerous
and was always at the risk
of a reading before a firing squad
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