The Need
by Garth Kirkwood
An urge to display one’s work,
To have a reading or gallery show,
A validation of sorts
You’ll often not get it though,
As most goers evade immersion.
The avant-garde proffer facile narration
And even ascribe it to you,
When in fact you were rapt with
A Helga or Ken or awash with
Emily’s nectar and dew,
Come slowly–Eden!