every great poet wants
to die anorexic and celibate
in a garret; sherry laced
w/ arsenic on his breathe;
Spanish ***** banging at
his door; Russian wife on
the phone; teenage mistress
screaming from the street;
crazy aunts downstairs,
mother racing over in a cab;
the skinny, hungry poet long
dead best friend next door
in bed w/ the neighbor's wife
unaware of the tragic event