the stars like poets do not give a fuck
and unlike poets this bravado is real and not pretend
their burning is not burning exactly but something we don't understand
it's a matter of physics which is to say a matter of luck
the stars like poets do not give a fuck
some poets get to be too much like stars
it gets so bad that they can barely speak
blasting their critics with deadly flares whenever they feel weak
and thoughtlessly incinerating local bars
some poets get to be too much like stars
the stars like poets burn unseemly bright
but unlike poets people tend to notice when they do
for example a poet who lives in the next town is probably unknown to you
while a star's gazillion miles seem near by night
the stars like poets burn unseemly bright