Hiatus

On Hiatus with the Royal We

We’re on hiatus—don’t debate us—

Arguments can so deflate us—

Just enjoy us—do not rate us—

And certainly do not conflate us

With some other poetaster!

Some doggerel can, of course, sedate us—

And some can (sure, we know) frustrate us—

But others can, well, activate us—

Maybe even captivate us—

Unless the lines spell out disaster.

To write some lines that fascinate us—

Perhaps to even liberate us—

We need at times to separate us—

We need some time to ventilate us—

Yes, this is how we poetasters

Exist. So please, my friends, don’t hate us:
It’s just, I hope, a brief hiatus!