I assume Janis is the creator of PnQ? from whatever little I have read. A very nice tribute to a creator who hides in the shadows of his creation.....but I agree he should be guarding the forefront and rear of the site, like his namesake, the two-faced Roman God Janus.
(For ignorants like myself: Janus is the god of beginnings, Janus is associated with doorways and gates,. Since he looks both ways, the term Janus-faced is used to describe someone who is duplicitous. He is also considered the guardian of peace).

The last stanza is especially artful & crafty:

Janis, a thief in the shadows, steals in,
steals out, steals away, leaving only
the tiniest of crumbs, dirt-colored,
in his wake.

I first thought that this poem belonged in the "funny poem" section, until I read it again and overcame my ignorance.

A very ingeniously worded write, for all of us to appreciate the great brain behind this popular site. We now just need the two-faced head symbol (with actual photo perhaps)to decorate its gate (home page).

Well thats a whole new image of Janis, id surely never depict him as a god but now i think further about it...He does play the strings of our pnq destiny, lol. I don't have much to say but if this poem doesn't win for its quality then it should win just to bug Janis with it when it appears on the front page!

This is awesome

"it should win just to bug Janis with it when it appears on the front page!"

That's my biggest hope! Lol

Bravo! haha, this is amazing and so true. I hope it makes the front page!

This better make front page, salt in the wound of Janis' ego. Well, perhaps not, this builds him up to such a high standard. Should we fill his head more, even though it talks of letting us down? Nah. This is brilliant, Sibby dear!

Brilliant!

Hahhahaha! This is a really amazing piece :)

Am I supposed to laugh? I think yes.. Janis, I can imagine he is a Roman God, or something..

Hmm good poem
:)

What a brilliant idea for a poem Siby.lol right on time too!

I'm sure this one will win, so Congrats early on this winning poem!!!!
~Lostlove1~

Timely, brilliant & audacious.
Correct duel = dual (or was that on purpose?)
& colloborations = collaborations

5/5 & nom

High five for sibsib!

Not only was it creative, but was enjoyable too, the play on words was very smart. There are a lot of creative poems, writings etc. but doesn't mean they are enjoyable, some hold good metaphors, but not all makes sense.

Here, you've made a great mix, of a good sense of humor, this innocent irony, a bit of sweet anger (fed up) the tone was just very expressive, I believe most of us understood this piece very well, since we are all enduring troubles with site glitches.

You have fairly descried Janis, and the way he acts around this community, however you very well described his authority, ability, and how much effect he've got around here..

I love it, this should go to the ffront page I agree, but if Janis saw it, we better still have a front page lol.

well done ;)

I'm dont know much about Janis other than he is the owner of PnQ but I really liked the poem.

An audacious attempt to bring the metaphysical down to the level of the mere IT mortal.

Larry

Snark, heh heh

I love the word snark. I use it all the time and Jason says its not a word :( it is, Sib uses it! So I plan to randomly post thoughts and what not. We will get ya to 100!!! Taunt Janis foreeeever.

Oh, it totally is a word! How can one be "snarky" if there's no such thing as "snark" for them to be like?

(I think I just made it more confusing...)

But the way Larry is giggling at it, I feel like it's secretly a naughty word and I just don't know about it.

Congrats Sibs!

It might be and we don't know the dirty term behind it. I always use it. I'm snarky all the time. Jason says I'm insane. It might be the same thing. lol

Oh yeah, congrats on you win btw :)