bum steer

‘join a poetry forum
you’ll get honest critique’
well
here I am
a mad cow
checking the trough
waiting for the farmers
to come
and give me some slops

too poetic for you?
here
let me translate:
what kind of cattle prod
do you need
to get some
feed back
around here?

oh sure
i’m the young buck
fresh in the saddle
‘got to pay your dues
chew the cud
if you follow me
i might follow you’
herd mentality

how hard is it
to comment
on someone
else’s work?
even a ‘like’
might lift
someone’s
spirits

who are we
to be
the gate-
keepers
of
acceptance

don’t know how
to express
yourself?
it’s real simple
udder a beautiful
balance between
kissing someone’s
ass
&
tearing them
a new one

why the
hoof n’ mouth?
fear you might
show your own
dairy-air?
here
i showed you mine
enough
to be
bovine

03-14-2018