The Soul Competiton

All the young poets
gather for the annual
thrill-maker contest.
The winner will be the one
who can produce the biggest
goosebumps. All
the devices of sentiment
are usable. And the prize
is true romance.

And the prize
is true romance, there
glowing in it's golden
case on the judges platform,
true romance in ecstasy and ease.

Oh there are some
powerful voices here
and the audience is ready
with open ear. The judges
with cool paper, measuring scales.
The poet who
loves the best will dazzle them all,
the one who loves the best.