Why POETRY?

why POETRY?
why NOW?

what purpose does it serve
on gray Fridays or late at night in humming darkness?

CATHARSIS, no
PURGATION, no

DISTRACTION

yes, that’s it
compulsive distraction,
immediate deflection of rational thought into the realm of
the inane. All that is stupid
will prove very valuable when mental faculties are washed
down the drain with nightmares and
HYPERBOLE.

what a day
and
what a way
to deal with flights of fancy, eh?

why POETRY?
why this regurgitated, hackneyed NONSENSE?
why bad POETRY?
why NOW?

there could be many Reasons. But
perhaps I am just LAZY.