Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
October 12, 2026

Trade Secret

"This poem was conceived..."

Trade Secret

This poem was conceived in pain.
It’s not obvious
at first but trust me.

Not all poems are.

Only the good ones.

Although that’s not true.

Even the bad ones
derive from pain but
it’s never the right kind of pain.







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