2 poems by Bill Costley

It’s Lit.

If you read this poem
even all the way thru
w/out being made to,
you’ll have paid me
just what it cost me
to have written it.
That’s it: that’s lit.

(17 JUL 05, Santa Clara CA)

It's Lit!
If you read this
all the way thru
w/out being made to,

you'll illuminate
what I put into it.
There: it’s lit!

(17 JUL 05, Santa Clara CA)