PLEASE READ ME

Please read me,

I’m an attention thirsty poem,

with half sentences like this one,

and weird line breaks like so.

Please read me, dear reader,

I need you to digest me.

Think about what I’m mean,

Is there any hidden meaning?

I beg of you attentive reader,

share this poem in writing class,

with over-analytical teachers,

and confused adolescents.

Oh, I would so appreciate it,

ff you could read me again,

and pause at every coma,

and emphasize all italics.

Because my words are here,

for you to read them.

I would not have existed

without my dear, dear reader.

Please read me, and give me a purpose,

give me the strength to go another sentence,

and another,

and another.

Without you, my dear reader,

perhaps I would have been a painting,

or music, or a sculpture.

But not words, my dear reader, not words.

Look, my dear reader,

Here’s a short sentence.

I’ve made it easy on you,

Now, read me again.