When reading unintelligible verse
I'd sometimes sell my intellect too short.
I really shouldn't think myself the worse.
Perhaps the poet hasn't done his part.
So many poets' popularity
Is based on their ability to vex.
A simple poet is a rarity.
Why do so many want to be complex?
Although I have intelligence amassed,
I'll not attempt to seemingly appear
Astucious. As a poet I won't last,
For my verse is uncommonly austere.
If one should wish as poet to endure,
Just learn from Pound, and strive for the obscure.
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