Reading Poems 121517

Reading Poems © Tony Fallon121517

Some writers read other authors writing

Do they not find their own exciting?

I just read none but my own

Especially when I’m home alone

People say I am missing out on quotations

But I say I’m also avoiding confrontations

All of my poems are my own expressions

I can’t be accused of stealing others possessions

I often make corrections

And overrule my own objections

I often find my poems are better

When I add another letter

I often look at a whole line

And say Oh my God that can’t be mine

I realize it ruins the whole verse

Any change could not be worse

You could add and subtract forevermore

And it might be no better than it was before

It’s important the theme not be diminished

And when you sign it should be finished