The poet said that you are only as good as your last poem. Is he saying that there isn’t even the possibility that one of his previous poems just might be as good or perhaps even better than his last poem?

Does he think that no one has ever read any of his other poems or perhaps, he says that because his last poem is his only poem, in which case, how does he even consider himself a poet?

Disclaimer, my wife and I do share the kitchen, but in all honesty, she cooks much more often than I, so that would be like me telling my wife that she is only as good as her last meal.

For one thing, that is really unfair, don’t you think considering the thousands of meals made over the last twenty years of marital bliss? And, for another, that would be terrible, because her last meal really wasn’t that great. In fact, if truth be known…never mind.

So, I’m going to say, in light of that, sorry dear, you are only as good as your last meal? I think she would say, “Listen, Bubba, you may not be as good as your last words, but there is a distinct possibility that those words will be your last.”

And so, I have to disagree with the poet or whatever he should be calling himself besides a trouble maker.