8 GROUNDCOVER NEWS POETRY Pen to Paper The Copycat WAYNE S. WAYNE S. Groundcover vendor No. 574 As I went to get pen and paper to write some profound thought, I got distracted by another. I’m trying to figure out why I do this, and I can’t remember it’s frustrating you see when you put pen to paper. I worry about the written word am I really describing what I see? Or am I living in one world by describing another? Is it easy to rhyme? It must be I hear it done better than me, all the time. Constantly thinking is what I do hoping no one does the same. Any better! I started my poem with Mary and Sue, who am I kidding it’s been done a thousand times before. It’s a copycat I am there’s no other way to put it. Mixing and mashing and using different spellings, it’s all been said before, I’m trying to figure a way to say what’s never been said in history. It’s a copycat I am let’s not forget it. I’m sure I’m not the only one – I imagine there’s copycats galore. So if these words sound familiar don’t be mad because I admit it. It’s a copycat I am for now and ever more. I know love izn’t eazy, I know you’ll alwayz be, My sweet baby, I’ll alwayz be your lady, I also know, I’m not sleazy, I don’t hustle for money, Nor do I hustle fo a man, Don’t need a hand out, Thatz without doubt, I’m not like thoze, Otherz you’re use to, I’m a different breed, That came from another seed. TERESA BASHAM Groundcover vendor No. 570 Not MAY 31, 2024
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