"ode to bad poems"

this is an ode to bad poems

a bad poem
is full of words like abyss
unicorn
hegemony
since such words don't grace our everyday
("school is my abyss, may a unicorn deliver me from this hegemony!")
bad poems share them
to make our modest days seem
as meaningful as the moon

a bad poem
so desperately wants to be beautiful
endearing
breathtaking
no matter what
no matter how
a bad poem wants to woo the audience
be like paris in all seasons
and swat the spelling bee, drink all the honey

but a bad poem
no one remembers

when a bad poem cries, it cries alone
when a bad poem wants to die, it never tells anyone
when a bad poem has love to give, it doesn't have anyone to give it to

never be ashamed of a bad poem
let it sit next to you on the bus
let it have a light when it wants to smoke
let it lead you this next dance

let the bad poem love love love
let it love alone let it love with friends let it love in the abyss let it love on a unicorn let it love in a hegemonic state let it love love love please
let it love
so, at least, it can say... it lived.

dope song: j-live's yes