Jonathan Berger's Poetry: Poem of the Day
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FRANKLY

You have taken all of my best ideas
the best and the brightest
the best rhymes f my generation
in this, the worst of times.

I am flattered, of course
that you'd see fit to steal from me
but you'll be hearing from my lawyers
and, what's more,
I'll have none of this.
Not anymore.
I have copywrit my thoughts.

You may have appropriated my ideas on Love,
but I have trademarked my concept of pizza
– and that is more important by far.
For everybody seeks pizza.
I would not trade your trademarked Love for all the pizza in Germany.

Luckily, I have billions of ideas left.
Thousands, certainly.
I must have hundreds of
– look, could you just stop going through my garbage?

My thoughts are my life.
My dreams are my soul
my hear
the stuff that sometimes makes me more than somewhat adequate.

And anyway
anyhow
and finally…
No, I lost it.
I have nothing to say.