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.