Expert Poem

If you are not an expert
you should not be reading
this poem.

Only an expert
is qualified enough
to know at a glance
if these words
have been manufactured
according to strictly regulated
standards.

If a shelf date
has not been stamped
at the bottom,
proceed with caution
for it may be an indication
that this is an unauthorized
or bootlegged poem.

If there is a shelf date
and it has expired
do not attempt to return poem
to its place of origin.
Experts disagree on the
repercussions.

 

Redwood Coast 

July 2009