I know you're out there. <br /> <br />You're not very imaginative: <br />you could give me a three or a six or a two <br />just not to be so obvious, <br />but you always give me a five. <br /> <br />Is it your magic number? <br /> <br />You seem to check my poems often, <br />because as soon as I submit some new ones, <br />there are your fives again. <br /> <br />At least you increase my number of hits <br />now and then, for just a day. <br /> <br />But do you realise how dispiriting it is <br />to get just five out of ten <br />when so much went into one little poem? <br /> <br />Are you an envious fellow poet, <br />desperate to limit my popularity? <br />(Not that I'm doing especially well.) <br /> <br />Or you may be someone <br />I've offended during my life <br />(it's hard not to do that sometimes) <br />and you heard about my poems <br />and want to do me down. <br /> <br />But five is actually a nice number. <br />We have five fingers (including thumbs) <br />and five toes (from big to absurdly small) <br />and we basically have five senses, <br />though a sixth one tells me you're weird. <br /> <br />Despite your efforts, I need to warn you <br />that my average number of hits per day <br />has gone up considerably over the years, <br />so readers clearly don't pay much attention <br />to your vaguely damning grades. <br /> <br />If I live to be a hundred, at this rate <br />I might even become a little famous. <br /> <br />Even if you're computer-generated <br />especially for this blog, <br />I'd like to give you a bunch of fives. <br /> <br />Note; a bunch of fives is a colloquial British English expression for a punch in the face.<br /><br />Robert Melliard<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/you-always-give-me-a-five-only-for-poemhunter-poets/
