Today <br />I have no time <br />For poetry and such <br />Today I must make bookcases <br />To make space for some of <br />This poetry <br />A-floor. <br /> <br />I’m tired <br />Of tripping up <br />On Kipling and Bukowski <br />And all of the Nav Works Bloggers <br />I will break my poor heart <br />For my poor art <br />Sometimes. <br /> <br />But not <br />My neck, not yet <br />Not too young to die now <br />But en-tir-er-ly too busy <br />To pop my clogs over <br />A pile of books <br />Unread. <br /> <br />16th March 2008<br /><br />Res John Burman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/book-shelves/
