Dramatic Poem

Who doesn't love a good dramatic poem?

I'm talking about a poem that

makes you cry, a lot.

I'm talking about a poem that makes you

cry so much you just

waste away in the chair you were sitting in;

cry so much you just soil yourself

right in the chair you were sitting in;

cry so much that you 

stain your petticoat,

roll on the floor sobbing,

and then stain the petticoats of 

those that flock to your side

to comfort you.

I mean, that sounds great time to me.

Who doesn't love a good couple of verses,

or even 85 versus, all working together in

unison to make you burst into

a water-factory of woe.

A good dramatic poem

pulls you into

a depth of melancholy 

you never thought possible.

Those kinds of poems are my favorite.

I can't stand poems that aren't dramatic.

Those poems and the poets that write 

them should all explode on conveyor belts.