instant poets, just add arrogance and
social media platform persistence
look at, listen to, me me me
I insist that I’m important!
to a zero-profit market
it don’t hurt to be marginalized
it’s not the strength of line
nor command of style
but how well I can convince
you of my caprice and cleverness
in a world where posting a poem
is as easy as jerking off
usually the result is the same
come clean, a hot shower after
gratification comes with a price
plus a significant number of likes
Jay Passer's work has appeared in print and online since 1988. He is the author of several chapbooks and has appeared in a bunch of anthologies. His latest collection, Prelude to the Culling, 2020, from Alien Buddha Press, is available at Amazon. is available at Amazon. Passer lives and works in San Francisco, the city of his birth.
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