A fellow at work wants to be a poet. This came as a surprise to me, for he has always seemed such a sensible sort. Anyway, he knows I write poems, so he asks, 'How do you know you're a poet?' Well, that's a good question. 'Because I write poems', I replied. Then I ask, 'Do you write poems?' 'No', he says, 'but I really want to'. 'Well, until you start writing poems you aren't a poet'. 'So, all I have to do is start writing poems?' he asks. 'Yes. But be careful - not all who think they're writing poems are writing poems'. 'But if it looks like a poem, I mean, if it's got rhymes and all, isn't it a poem?' 'Not always.' 'Then how will I know if I am really writing poems?' 'By writing poems'. 'This is confusing', he says finally.
Yes, yes it is...
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