Book Launch

He was starting to worry that
A book launch
Was perhaps a step
Too far

A year ago he’d never written a poem
Didn’t know that
Poetry open-mics
Were a thing

He had dipped his toe in with
An expletive-ridden set
About the Oxfam bookshop which went
Down quite well

And over the months had honed
His craft
Learning not to write poems while on the bus
When travelling to open-mics

But now
In a moment of madness
He had decided to publish a book
AND HAVE A BOOK LAUNCH

Still, you only live once 😬