someday I’d like to have a booth there
if it’s one of my stranger displays
you’ll probably read praise
in my words encouragement
that it’s safe to be different
if it’s a more “normal” exhibition
you’ll find it harder tougher
almost ruthless in carving
out the deeper story
because any blue-ribbon poem
must show something unexpected
take the reader behind the curtain
reveal a face never seen
better that it ends with
tattoos and brow piercings
clutching an odd silent look
than a buttoned-down smile
plastered on an overused mask
those poems would never
get nominated anyway
at least not until the poet decides
to bump into them really hard
and get the disguise to slip
or just rip it off
to see if there’s any
interesting truth
lurking in there
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