"A Real Life Poem"
by Michael Grover 

An over edited Poem
Is like an over nurtured child.
Not prepared
For the real world
It is tossed into.
No rough edges,
Only smooth curves.
Nothing real about it.
Anything alive stripped away.
Any soul that it might have.
Any life energy.
Gone.
Strip it of ethics.
Any social conscience.
Now that Poem
Is ready for the real world.

Copyright 2008 Michael Grover