Submission

here's my submission
for your admission
perfect in every detail
for syndication
my name in quotation
or you'll delete my e-mail
on certain pages
my brain has had wages
though seemingly simpleton verse
with a snort and a laugh
you'll cut it in half
placing the corpse in a hearse
are there any takers
you goddamn heartbreakers
to my reason or rhyme
what i am saying
is you won't be paying
it's just a big waste of time
so this i submit
if you will permit
before your omnipotent might
this heart and soul
is really quite droll
something that isn't quite right
though i may have slaved
it will not be saved
it's one you're sure to erase
it won't get attention
there'll be no ascension
not a shot in this database
there should be a directive
to see my perspective
but you'll say with a look in your eye
that you'll send your regards
(but those flowers have barbs)
publication of this poem must die
so if i refrain
from now showing you pain
this is a line you can quote
in my future memoirs
i will not have scars
nor will you be a footnote.