TRAPPERS NET

Giving false hope

and justified by corporations

artists and poets

are on the radar screen

of profit making

and it is you who is the target.

They will tell you

the things that must be done

which anyone

can do on their own.

From manuscript

to the finished book they profess

your sweat equities

will be thrown down the drain.

Do you’re here the bubbles?

That is your foolishness

paying the price that was offered.

Sharks will pray

on the lower subspecies

unacquainted with their killer skills

and they will kill countless.

I got a phone call today

and I let her have the full tsunami

of why her industry doesn’t care.

Real publishers are rare

and she slowly ran out of words

excusing her company

and the reason why she called.

Teach the poet

that people who will charge them money

are not a legitimate source to know.

Sometimes searching never ends

getting past the people that pretend

that will help you in your quest.

The World is filled with fish

and the netter knows you're here.

Stand with pride and don’t kiss ass

or believe something that you buy.

'Real publishers' know ‘real’ people

and who become a part of their lives.

Just like the days of yore

when Faith and Promise went hand in hand.

Don’t get caught in the trappers net.