"What My Poetry Is Made Of"

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I am not someone
who has rich vocabulary.
My phrases, my clauses
will always be ordinary.

So I just use 
the simple words 
that I have 
in my right pocket,

and combine them
with the few metaphors 
that I keep
in my left pocket.

Lastly, 
with all the courage
and confidence within me,
I call the result a poetry.

— Jan Di

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