I send my friend a poem every day, <br />It has become a sort of habit now. <br />There's some she likes and some she throws away, <br />Including all the ones with 'thee' and 'thou' <br /> <br />So out goes noble Shakespeare, which is tough, <br />And Milton, Marvell, Wordsworth and his school. <br />That's why I only send the modern stuff, <br />The ones I think she'll find are ‘aite’ or ‘cool’. <br /> <br />My problem is they're getting hard to find <br />So what I'll do is send a Shakespeare sonnet, <br />’cos I don’t think she’s really going to mind — <br />Not if I put Bukowski's name upon it!<br /><br />Pete Crowther<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/modern-poetry-and-stuff/
