To A Performance Poet Unknown Poem by Bill Grace

Performance poets be aware or at least guarded
Despite you great success
You may or may not possess
The element of great nobleness
Of interest to more than a few of us
Who follow lives as much as words
Those who wonder when wandering
In the historical sheets
Where we will find the black historical tird
Frequently hidden in pride and power and possessions
Things that own us far more than we own them
Freedom from the powers of their tyrannies
That God alone has power to grant.