BY ALLAN LAKE
Copyright is held by the author.
Bad influencer willing to be followed.
Been doing it without recompense
for as long as I’ve been doing it.
Don’t know what I’m doing so cannot
even guarantee bad advice. Good advice
could be dispensed accidentally but
if you require an exemplar of what
not to do, I’ll be your booboo guru.
My history is a teetering tower
of pizza, testament to my fallibility.
Don’t worry if you feel you should
reject this odd offer. Rejection
is part of the staple diet of those
who put themselves out where
they invite target practice.
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Allan Lake is a migrant poet from Allover, Canada who now lives in Allover, Australia. Coincidence. He has published poems in 24 countries. His latest chapbook of poems, entitled My Photos of Sicily, was published by Ginninderra Press. It contains no photos, only poems.
