The Poet I Am, The Poet Im Not

You dont have to tell me
   that I am no Bukowski
           but I've used cynicism
  as symbolism of life's beauty

No greater whims
   than Morrison
        but seen the same
  altered states as him

I already know
  that I am no Poe
     but I have shown
  similar morose

No need to accost
  I know I'm no Frost
      but on the unbeaten path 
 I have been across

I am no Plath or Dickinson
      but been with women
 just like them

I will not elude
  that I am no Neruda
but I have been forgotten
   along the shores before

No need for judging
   I know I'm no Cummings
        but carried with me
 hearts just as stunning

Will not tell you how
    I am no Wilde
          but practiced prose
in his witty style

and even though I'm none of these
    I know I can be anything
like other
self thinking
human beings

   Some may dance
some may sing

    We all just do it differently