Hawking one's wares ...

So folks stop and stare 

Do we dare

To infect there ...



To color poetic works

And thus, earn perks ... ?

It is not an answer ...

To starvation mastered



There are other ways ...

To earn some praise

Better solutions offered

To fill those empty coffers



Something will come along

Publishers will sing your song

Wanting to take over the work

Placing it under covers that perk



Wait for the time ...

It's in a stage primed

Polished and presented

Hawking wares unprevented



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

5:10pm  Dec. 8th. 1998