I stand at the podium and read my work. I hate poetry. I hate poets. Poets ain't got a leg to stand on. Ain't got a pot to piss in.
Poets crush words.
With a 112 readers on the list, poets walk up and read everything they've written since they was fifteen years old. Poets stand up and give a five minute explanation to a one minute poem. Usually it's because he hasn't written the damn thing well enough for anyone to understand it, but sometimes it's to show us that he's learned individual. We can marvel at the fact that he has read so much and fucked little. B.C. Greek philosopher Hemroiditous.