'Poet Ease'

I don't know how to write with poet ease

-allusions, metaphors, and such as these-

I don't know how to obfuscate and tease,

with quotes from Latin, French, or Cantonese,



Though my kinfolk come from Ireland,

alas, I'm told my blarney's bleak and bland;

It seems that I was dealt a losing hand,

I'm doomed to write what plain folks understand.

-jorge999