crash diet in poetry

shave off extraneous words
loose adjectives and adverbs
easy fluff you hide behind
it’s only extra weight now
burdening your body-mind

times are gonna be lean
times you should only be seen
when you really mean it

shake the extra gilding out
not delirious decoration
rather the remnants of doubt
hanging off of love handles
requiring excised excavation

have to be sleek and fast
time is past for trying to last
now it’s just what you can do
expedient blunt and true

no more room for fucking around
it’s over I have found
it’s getting it done or
it’s eating the ground
so c’mon let’s do it
let’s throw down

Last updated March 11, 2016