Free Verse

I'd shill for a shilling
But no one is willing
To pay for the things that I write.
I'd rant and I'd holler
For minimum dollar
But no one is offering, quite.
A couple of euros
To stuff in my bureau's
Sufficient for verses like these;
Though some call it whoring,
I'm begging--imploring--
Come, sully my principles, please!
If someone would shell out,
I'd promise to sell out--
My standards, I'll keep in my purse--
For now, though, I'm sighing
Cos no one is buying...
And all I can write is Free Verse.


Originally posted at ERV.

Ok, the truth is, I once got an offer of some money to put an advert anywhere on the right side of the page. I don't think I ever replied, because frankly I did not believe it could possibly be a serious offer!