The bookstore on the corner

The bookstore on the corner
don't carry new poetry
I say this aint new
I wrote this a long time ago

The bookstore on the corner
don't carry poetry books by new authors
I say I aint no new author
I'm dang near 40
I been writin a real long time

The bookstore on the corner
say folks don't buy poetry
by folks they don't know

I say they do to
I sold 15 on the way up in here

But the bookstore on the corner
say poetry don't sell
I tell him that's 'cause
the bookstores on the corner
don't sell em