Degrading Effusiveness

someone wants his name
remembered

and everyday he vends
along the streets where
people
simply pass him by

he tries poetry
to have his name engraved in stone

should have been in
the hearts of
noble men

those who never wanted a name
those who shun fame

on such a degrading
effusiveness
i give a gush.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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