WHY POETRY?

Because the world already has too many rock stars
Because I am not a rock star
Because I was the "Funny One"
Because I am a loud mouthed, inappropriate, too honest for her own good, freak
Because I like being around people like me
Because it is the only place we are not freaks
Because my father didn't love me
Because people piss me off
Because the men that understood what I was saying became my friends
Because the men that liked how I said it, I slept with
Because poetry is all the shit you should have said but were too tongue-tied
Because you should never piss off a writer
Because my feelings were hurt
Because I can't afford therapy
Because I can't afford drugs
Because drinking to excess after thrity makes women age in dog years
Because it weeds out the weak
Because I can

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