I think you have to have poems
to be a prophet
But I meant to say I think you have to have
problems to be a poet

I’ve got problems but I
don’t know if I’m a poet
And If I’m a prophet searching poems
I wouldn’t know it

And I know a lot of problems
That don’t have poems
But I don’t know many poets
That don’t have problems

Come to think of it
I don’t know many poets
But the ones I do know
All seem to have problems

And if I’m not mistaken they all seem to
end up writing them poems