joey k poetry

Look at my body of work.
It’s small, but I’m methodical.
You’ll see smaller, simpler words.
I can get my point across.

Does a writer need the frills?
Do I need to expunge my nascent prowess?
Eagerly flipping thesaurus pages,
penning nothing less than two syllables per word
and no slant rhymes.
Do I need to stupefy witless readers
with diction and depiction of prodigious degree?

I know the words.
I can sound like your esoteric musings.
But not everyone can appreciate that.