Why do poets sometimes

Why do poets sometimes 
write poems about 
writing poems? Well, 
the secret is 

we don't know how to.
And we're hoping 
to find out. 

The problem is, 
this was/is a poem. Right
here. That you're reading.
Hard to justify, no doubt 

about it. Maybe in another
poem or two the secret will crack
open and take a crap on our 
heads from above? An 
epiphany that can't 
ever again be undone! 

We'd be reliably able 
to write poems after that, 
without guess or stretch 
or mix or switch,
but it never does

(come)

Yes, yes we know 
it's boring! For anyone 
not interested, but 

you could say the same 
about anything, duh.