Fertile

in words
not life
or words
that at-
tempt to
tame life
to the page
in a fit, in
a rage, windswept
and cold, freezing
to the point of harm,
sad and lonely, funny
stories remembered fondly,
finally coaxed to the
page.

no one wants to read a
sappy and/or soggy love
poem,
do
they?