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How I Write: 
A Pantoum

I am a keyboard composer. 
I key whatever comes to mind,
whether wholesome or a blur, 
whether contemptible or kind.

I key whatever comes to mind,
clicking thoughts as they arrive,
whether contemptible or kind
of goofy, for fun poetry I strive.

Clicking thoughts as they arrive,
though the reader may find me sort
of goofy, for fun poetry I strive,
imagination my only cohort.

Though the reader may find me sort
of strange, I write by unique types
of imagination (my only cohort)
creatively different from the hype.

Strange how I write by unique types
in the keyboard, clicking, producing a poem
creatively different from the hype.
Don’t give me pen and pencil, yo.

On the keyboard, clicking, producing a poem,
whether wholesome or a blur,
don’t give me pen and pencil, yo.
I am a keyboard composer.

(About this poem:  This is my first and only pantoum. 
Since pantoums are so structured [notice how there are only 12 different lines?], writing ones requires a lot of playing on words!)