A Lot of Poetry Blows

A Lot of Poetry Blows
I try not to read much poetry
that stuff usually bores me, to be honest
most poets seem to think being straightforward is wrong
they like to contradict themselves
and say it’s cool
it’s kind of like bad philosophy
philosophers who contradict themselves
are usually people who have something to hide
and the same goes with poets all wrapped up
in metaphors and bullshit
it’s depressing to read, to think about
it reminds me of Frederick Nietzsche
crying over that dead horse
anybody who would contradict themselves
so gratuitously
and then reveal himself to be an overweight
animal rights’ activist
must have been in a lot of pain
and I honestly think
his heartache, his torment, his suffering
is symptomatic of a culture that gave rise
to someone as shitty as Adolph Hitler
and that’s a shitty thing to be reminded of
this is not a happy poem
by the way