A book that I'm reading at the moment recommends, as a writing exercise, to write something that is the opposite of your normal style. Since I think I write in more of an essay-type style, I felt that poetry would be the polar opposite. Here's the fruit of my labors.

Why I Hate Poetry

by randommuse

Your incessant whining/ About the inconsequential/ Becomes like a stone/ Lodged in my kidney

That will not pass.

If I wanted to listen/ To your droning/ I would have become/ A psychiatrist/ And charged you $500 an hour/ For your exercise

In self-absorption.

So, should I start on my anthology now?