What is a poet but a drunken fool- <br />a pitiful being that staggers through <br />local taverns, pathetic and mad, <br />muttering gibberish to the masses, <br />while picking his nose <br />and philosophizing about the legs <br />of a young waitress? <br /> <br />What is a poet but an unkempt vagrant, <br />who's taken a free bus ride to nowhere? <br />What is a poet but a caricature of a <br />civilized society that wants to hear <br />how beautiful it is? <br /> <br />What is a poet but a persona non grata, <br />crashing your sophisticated party, <br />urinating on your carpet and shouting <br />obscenities all night long, <br />talking about God and demons <br />and drinking all your good whiskey, <br />while trying to seduce your woman? <br /> <br />What is a poet but a madman, <br />who forgot to take his medication <br />and reminds you of your bipolar mother <br />who pisses in her underwear <br />or your alcoholic dad who takes Viagra? <br /> <br />What is a poet but an asshole <br />who tells you the truth that <br />you don't want to hear?<br /><br />Alexander Shaumyan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-is-a-poet/
