Winner of the July 2024 Poem of the Month Competition on poetry.com

They Say that I … How’s Your Mom?
or
I Got Distracted Trying to Think of a Subtitle…

They say that I have A.D.D.
Attention Defi… Hey a bee!
It isn’t true, I’m not like that
I’m focused perfec… Wow! a cat!
I don’t know why they mock me so
There’s nothing wrong with… Hi there, Joe!
I’ll get revenge, I’ll cause them pain
They’ll wish they’d nev… Look, look! A plane!

From now on I will concentrate
Mmmm… squash or cordial… No. Wait.
Breathe deeply … one thing at a time
The time? It’s one o’clock and I’m
So hungry I … oh what the heck
This poem is a total wreck
To prove I’m not a hopeless twit
I got my wife to finish it