You'll Never Read This

If a poem isn't read is it dead?
Or does it just sit and sob instead?
If a poem isn't read does it cry?
Or does it shrug metaphorical shoulders and sigh?

No! A poem is not a person, silly
I think your head is willy-nilly
Poems cannot die or sigh
They cannot bow their heads and cry

If a poem isn't read, does it rot?
Does it decompose into gross whatnot?
If a poem isn't read does it break?
Like dropped glass, for heaven's sake!

No! A poem is an idea, not an item
You cannot decompose or dry them
Poems cannot shatter or rot
That right there is crazy talk you've got!

If a poem is read does it sing?
Does its voice make the air ring?
If a poem is read does it party all night?
Does it get drunk and start a fight?

No! Poems aren't people (And even if they were
This one's Mormon so that wouldn't occur)
Poems don't sing without someone's voice
So right now I'll give you a choice

Read it aloud! At the top of your lungs.
Climb up a ladder and read it from the rungs
Tell it to everyone, spread it around
So that this poem can have a sound

Or ignore it again, like all the rest
The funny thing is, this is a test
To see if a poem not read must die
To see if a poem read can then fly

If a poem isn't read, did it ever exist?
Or was it just the alphabet shaking its fist?
If a poem isn't read does it fade away?
Like an old book from a long ago day


#thiswassupposedtobefunny

PAD Day 13