Who reads a poem
they don't own
I do
understands a
language unknown
I do
the writer writes until dawn
a story in words is drawn
through selfish expression demands to be read
reads aloud to the universe
listening for nothing
no story told not their own
no empathy or interest
curiosity or concern
to learn of anything, anyone
just a writer, a selfish writer
who writes well
what everyone
reads
never writes back
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