This Blog Is Sticking to Its Guns-- With Apologies to Philip Levine

It's wonderful how I blog
I've got ivory-tower scruples
I will not kow-tow to the lure
of readers who read my every tweek

To the market, I will not bow
I'll not mention Lady Gaga
Sir Elton John
or type with my pudgy fingers

Of X-Men or X-Girls
Of Britney or Living Forever and Ever
Maintaining your beauty
or babies with IQs like Einstein

Oh, I dream of readers

Of steady eyes fastened to the screens

for fear they might miss

The latest greatest story about our Kate

You might think I'll cave

And drum upon the keys the tale

of Casey Anthony

and the Prince of Greece

discovering the fountain of money

or world famous freaks

to hook a reader by his teeth

I write about a dog. Yes. This blog.

With sincere apologies to Philip Levine

Check out his poem

Animals are Passing From Our Lives.