Contrary’s Dog Food Manifesto

Contrary says,
stop
making poems.

Try, says Contrary,
making dog food
instead.

Dogs will show you if
they love your work,
unlike your poet friends.

Unlike poets, dogs don’t make what they need
to live.   They’ll
appreciate you more

than poets will. 
You will like making dog food
more than making poems

because of dog’s love.
Poets get jealous,
don’t eat your work up

even if you leave it out for them.
Even if they’re hungry.
Fuck all poets, says Contrary.

Fuck them.  Fuck them
more than dogs.  Poets
won’t fuck you either

except figuratively.
That’s all poets
know how to do,  useless

people.  Make dog food
instead. 
Find your audience.

Dog food,
incidentally,
smells better too.