Trade Dispute

  As I scavenge rusted skirmishes,

  pulling dead wires and lines of men

  from the bloated hulks of a thousand

  space-soaked relics, each glimmering

  in the light of ten thousand

  nearby stars,

  Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original.

  I wonder to myself

  about the cost

  incurred.

  If I had another day and about half as much stress, I think I would have found a way to write this Persona-poem assignment using the voice of Anakin skywalker being denied the rank of master.

  Because I,

  am a very serious poet.