mold your words
\naccording to \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 them
\nshape your style
\nuntil soothing to \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 all<\/p>\n
~ \u00a0 \u00a0obey the censor
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0listen to the critic
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0worship the masters
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0please the crowd
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0appease tradition<\/p>\n
why not \u00a0 ~
\ncoagulate
\nyour words
\nas
\nblather
\nburbling
\nof irrelevance
\nspoken in tongues
\nundistinguishable
\nand meaningless
\nas the cry
\nof the
\nlone wolf
\nobscured
\nby the
\nhowling pack<\/p>\n
fuck no \u00a0 ~
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0no way<\/p>\n
~ \u00a0 \u00a0I,
\nme
\nthat poetic artiste
\nwill not surrender
\nmy soul
\nembodying
\nthe spirit
\nof my novelty
\nbestowed
\nupon my words
\nfor the short-lived
\nperversions
\nlaced within
\nthe devil\u2019s brew
\ncondemning me
\nforever
\nto the fire
\nof mediocrity<\/p>\n
~ \u00a0 \u00a0I write,
\nmy words
\nof thought
\nexpressed
\nthrough,
\nmy style
\nof words
\nonly so,
\nothers
\nmay discern
\nmy words<\/p>\n
as being,
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0unique
\nand distinctive
\nas the cry
\nof a
\nnewborn baby
\nfrom within
\nthe buzz
\nof the throng<\/p>\n
peace out<\/p>\n
Words by \u00a0 ~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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