Self-Referential

Sometime, the only thing that distinguishes a poem for a piece of chopped up prose is the protestations of the author.

Category

Witty and wry poems

Sub-category

Odes and ends

Author

Am I?

My lines do not scan.
My words do not rhyme.
I've overrun the meter, dramatically,
Not for the first time.

Am I a poem?
I am, if I say I am.

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