Poetry.com
Ripoff

Dear Poetry.com

You keep asking me to send you more money
but after receiving your book, something smelt funny.
Even if I do say so myself, my poem was good
and was worthy of recognition as it should.
You told me mine was one of the accepted few.
This I believed and thought to be true.
To raise people's esteem just to fulfill your greed
is a very low act and a despicable one indeed.

You say a small percentage are chosen to receive an award. Everyone and his dog gets one. Your figures are a fraud. If a dog can manage to say "bow wow, "
that's good enough. The poet's dog is in it now.
Don't forget his rooster with his "cock-a-doodle-doo."
Again, that's good enough. We'll include him too.
I'm not from the USA and this obviously is a scam.
Are your laws so lax that authorities don't give a damn?

There was a time when I had no suspicion
and it was just for my silver bowl I was wishin'.
I knew the $200 price tag was much over inflated.
At the time I wanted it though, so I wasn't irritated.
But how can I be proud of it with what I now know?
This whole thing is akin to a rigged carnival show.
This bowl and the medal I "won" are nothing but a farce.
Not fit for any mantelpiece, so shove them up your ar$e!

If you think I'm jumping to any conclusion,
I've looked to dismiss any confusion.
Just send us your poem. Send us your rhyme
and in return we'll be happy to rip you off big time.
From what I see of the way you sell your books,
you're just a bunch of scumbags. Nothing less than crooks.

You should consider changing your ways before it's too late.

When you lot go belly-up, God will decide your fate.

Scheming conmen like you are almost unbelievable.
You get at people in every way conceivable.
You wouldn't know what honesty was if it bit you on the bum.

You're as low, dishonest and as underhanded as they come.
There obviously is a loophole that needs to be addressed.
This is getting too long. I could go on and tell you the rest but suffice to say, and I'll leave it at this,
if I did have your bowl I'd only fill it with pi$!

I hereby declare this poem to be all my original work.
You have my permission to include it in your next book.

Bruce
Perth WA
Australia

Company: Poetry.com
Country: USA
State: Maryland
City: Balltimore
Address: 1 Poetry Plaza Owings Mills MD 21117

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