<sup>Things I don't want to do:
quote Gibran
gently drop names of poets I haven't even read onto the page
take dead metaphors and vainly attempt to reincarnate them as higher beings
forget about you
blatantly state how much I love you
obtusely imply those three little words that look the same when mouthed as
'elephant shoes'
refer to things that are too private like noighty boy
refer to things that are too general like autumn
write metaphorically of seasons
dress prose up as poetry in the emporer's shit clothes of free verse
try and make myself seem witty through fanciful allusions of tropological figures
use the words Fanciful, Tropological and Prolix
have one long-winded, rambling, prolix, tautological stanza

make a new stanza just for the hell of it
say 'stanza' more than twice in one stanza
forget about you
leave your name out
have lines of wildly and indulgently variable length that may at one moment consist of say five words and at the next there are so many you can't count them
all at least i can't
descend gradually into stream of consciousness
be ironic
keep writing, just for the hell of it
say 'just for the hell of it' again
become self-involved and self-reflexive and have my poem be all about myself
forget about you
continue with this stanza
damn

I want to write you something else.</sup>