city grammer [sic]

poetry has rules

and

they can be broken,
but you must know
what they are to
know when it is
preferable to
break them.

the poem
tethered
cannot roam
and yet the
poem not is
is not are-
n't not a d
ouble negat
-ive rouble
or other mo
netary valu
e to tarry,
and or wait
.

period.
stop.
poetry
is
/

broke
-n

shattered -

code is poetry,
poetry is code,
by now you should know and yet

may-

be

you do not know.

poetry is personal
and universal at
the same time
and we don't
all speak
the same
language
but you
must
tweak
the lang
-uage to
persuade
the audi
-ence, t
-he stud
-ents, a
mixed up
poem has
no gramm
-ar!
aargh!
below the
bar, a-
bove
the stool
and or the
stove.

pool sharks glisten and glam.