My Suicide Letter

Poetry is one long suicide
song
brief notes
that in the end could be
striped
of titles
and just slapped end
to end

and be one
long
sad song

except
friends and family
call
and freak
out every time
they read
one.

they think
this
sap
is done for
he’s
cashing in

you’re writing
and the door
rings
and you
answer
and it’s your
dad
and you say
Was it that good?

But they got it all wrong
you see
all wrong

it’s when you
don’t send
the song

when its
all too
wrong

because this is
when
the poet’s
happy
the only time
he’s happy

is when
he writes
his
suicide song

the rest
is for
being lame

like a soft cock

the poet is powerless
unless he is writing this

and the longest suicide notes produce the happiest and the best

silence kills