Poets Understand You Like No Other Poem by Patti Masterman

Poets understand you like no other:
They always know what you've been thinking about
Because it's right there, staring out at them
From inside of your poem.

They know that you bleed them nightly
For ideas; since ideas are such a rarity in this world
Sometimes an idea only goes around once-
You've got to grab it up quick.

And what don't they know, about those love poems:
Don't think they don't know
Who was the inspiration for all those..
But they do not seem to mind it:

Trading thoughts, no different than trading spit
Many such exchanges made under cover of darkness
Just be sure next morning, in the cardboard box you drag back home again
It's your own soul you're carrying away with you.