Still Can't Believe, Part 2

Belano considered himself a poet.

Belano considered himself a poet,

and yet

while I'm glad he did

because that version of him

wrote everything he did

which was all the prose

I love so much,

while considering himself a poet,

which produced the attitude,

which produced the vantage point,

which produced the savage detectives

which produced the reputation,

which produced the platform,

which produced the masterpiece,

which produced the version of me

which fell in love with him.

So I think it worked out nicely,

which produces a version of me
which produces a periodic urge

to read his poetry.

But I still consider him

on the basis of his prose.