Thoughts on the Gradual Demise of Traditional Standards in Academia, Particularly Where Poetry is Concerned, Because, You Know. English Majors. Whatever.

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Said the critic,

“Your scribblings all worsen;
“Not a poem with no rhyme in your versin’!”

Said the poet,

“I hear ya.
“Now, to use my criteria
“I’d say you’re not really a person!”

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