Referencing previous laureates
and their ambitious agendas,
the poet said they were young
and vibrant and that he was
old and vibrant, so instead of
an ambitious program, he
would just sit and vibrate.

The listener, who noticed
things going wrong bodily
since turning seventy, thought
the laureate’s words were
not only really funny but,
because the poet obviously
enjoyed language, great.

So, composing his latest
while sitting at the computer,
the listener noticed his
fingers trembling, but just
smiled and said to himself,
see, all poets old and great
vibrate.

And then, he added this update.
“See, dear, I must be a poet;
I vibrate.