henrythevamp

The Feral Poet

(Copyright 2023 by Michael S Walker)

I have become

The Feral Poet

Son of

Barbaric Yawp

Son of Jeffers

And Bukowski

And going mad

Nonstop.

I have become

The Feral Poet

Without Canon

Or School

Matriculating in

Bars and warehouses

Far away from the well-to do.

I have become

The Feral Poet

Living in a hole

Living on scraps

Of notebook paper

And blood in the snow.

I have become

The Feral Poet

Without country

Or kin

The news of the world

A nothing noise

In the sky overhead

A din

I have become

The Feral Poet

Son of

Pliant Yawp

Son of Tarkovsky

And Buddha

And going mad

Nonstop.