Cynthia Paulina Lapena

This is not poetry

This is not poetry
the god Demetillo roared
no rhyme no rhythm
no figurative language
no picturesque speech
no verse
This is not poetry
the go Demetillo decided
not poets not writers
we should all be farmers
or market vendors
peddling wares that are not ours
not write not think no waste our ink
because
This is not poetry
the god Demetillo declared
not sonnets at all
not Petrarch not Shakespeare
not worthy or reading
not worthy of writing
a waste of time of words of paper
but
Demetillo is not a god.