Vagabonds of Vowels, We: a poem for writers

we,

the poets.

the novelists.

the unemployed.

the unnoticed.

all of us writers

telling a story

with consonants and vowels

with rhymes, reason, and rebellion

at times philosophers with no equals

at time salsa-dancing with ourselves

on the fringes of sanity.

why you ask

did we choose this?

why starve, why fight,

why struggle, why write?

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View this poem by Joey Pabalinas (@alyptik) in its entirety today on The Official Prose. Blog: blog.theprose.com/blog.