DIRECTION

When Dylan demolished Donovan
back in Don’t Look Back
he showed us all
– even those too young
to view the VHS tape –
what a great creator does
when facing an only adequate artist.

He blazed a banner of glory
and asserted his ascendancy
over all in his immediate environment.
And then he ravaged the reporters
and antagonized his audience.

Mr. D provided a model
as to how to act like a master
which is a false rhyme
of asshole,
probably a more accurate word
and one that Dylan would never deign to use
but then again,
I’m no master
and probably would have treated Donovan better.