poetic failure is common:the leaden phrasethe clanky rhymesthe opaque metaphorthe clumsy meterthe misbegotten ideesindeedall of my specialitiesthe failed poet tho'is a larger conceitthe ouevre of incomplete-ness and falling-shortlike baseball's 20 game loserwho must have good stuffto have so much opportunityin that well-defined sportunlike poetrywhich is hard to definebetter describedlike the infield fly ruleif you see how i mean.