Gagged Poem by RIC BASTASA

upon this page
a very important poem is
written

but the writer
fears
that it is not appropriate
for all of you

and so this page
was once
a place of that very important poem
that could have
changed the lives of some
lonely people

said poem
is deleted

it is inside my head
and it is
screaming.

it is a bad poem
claiming its own importance

if you know
conceit, pride, bias,

if you were once its servant
then you also have
that poem
in your head

it is screaming
and so i gag it.