Write a bad poem.
Just open up the computer and say the first thing that comes to mind.
Use words like “thing” and “computer.” They don’t belong in poetry.
Don’t edit at all. Let all the badness poor out. Think of all the people who could say
that this is a bad poem, that badness is not even a word. Agree.
Remember wise Arthur. Remember how he used to say that if it’s worth doing at all, it’s worth doing badly. If you are free
to write, you are free to write badly.
That time has come.
Write a bad poem.
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