Most of the poems go unread
these days

not so long ago
my wife read them

not so long before that
my father read them

now she has lost interest, while he
is dead

editors will read a few
I suppose, but

I write
more than I can submit, so

they are written
to be read

by nobody
which begs the question

if a poem is written, and is read
by nobody

was it even written
at all?