Voice O' Literary Poem by Raj Dronamraju

What is poetry?
What is Dronamraju?
I take on the role of the dragon at the gate

Real names are proof of nothing except the desire to mythologize self
"I can hardly stand myself" chants the manic depressive bard

What is feeling?
What happened to the elementary school I attended from second to fifth grade?
Time in the narrative is akin to the big stall
Like boxers too tired for further blows hugging one another

We select a mood based on a past experience
And we are conditioned to slip in and out of these moods expertly
"Boo hoo hoo that was 1977"
"Yipppeee that was 1987"