The Two Guest Poets, Poetry Writing 101, Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona

They may as well be twins:
fortyish and squishy
they each have high-
water pants
and a bicycle helmet
at their feet.
Between them they have a dozen
publishing credits
and 3 cheapo
chapbooks.
It is a contest:
which one can drive us
to the exits first.
That they are not embarrassed
to exist like this
is the true mystery.
Afterwards
they declare themselves
available for questions
as if they could feed us
anything but poison.
Their big advice:
get OUT there
and MEET your fellow poets.
Form "ALLIANCES."
Apparently
this is the best way
to reach
that last
shriveled
tit
of
nowhere.