[ NaPo 2017 ] No Poetry For Old Farts

   
We are literary dinosaurs  
in a rapidly changing world  

Poetry is going extinct  
 
superseded by pop stars  
who if stripped of voice  
and musical reinforcement  
would seriously have to  
up their game when it  
comes to writing lyrics  
 
If you are like me  
unable to play an instrument  
or sing without scaring away  
dogs and small children  
your days as well as mine  
are numbered unkind  
 
unless  
 
we happen to make magic
in the reader's mind