The poet's words <br />fall wasted <br />like snowflakes <br />melting <br />in <br />midair. <br /> <br />Such sensuous flattery <br />must be <br />disingenuous or <br />for <br />someone <br />else. <br /> <br />Doesn't he know <br />romance died <br />with Poe <br />and <br />yesterday's <br />long <br />stem <br />roses? <br /> <br />Somebody please <br />tell him <br />that Poe <br />and <br />Byron <br />are <br />dead, <br />forgotten.<br /><br />William Jackson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/words-wasted-like-snowflakes/