S.M.O.P.
(Small Matter Of Programming)
by Tony Nowikowski
 

Since the Beat Police
Can't be everywhere, all the time
Looking after everybody's shit

I propose
To design and build
A piece of software

To eliminate the guesswork
Call it the "Beatchecker"

You'll feed it your poems, your prose
Your stories short and long, your
3AMwideawakecrazycoolyearningtobreathefree
Rants
And know instantaneously
If they're correctly Beat

The software could be extended
With audiovisual sensors
To analyze paintings and sculpture
Spoken and sung performances

Eventually, you could feed it
The sum total of your existence
And learn, in a matter of seconds
If your life
Is Beat

But more than just giving you
A True / False summation
It will offer helpful suggestions
To increase your Beatosity

"Use fewer capitals"
"Lose the poker-playing dogs"
"More black turtlenecks"