I had these nightmarish dreams, enough to raise me from my pillow.
Mixing together analogies of novels, short stories
And just what
are these things called poems?
I liken a novel to jelly
the kind that is loose, melts across a piece of toast
I liken a short story to jam
large chunks of firm eruptions, great big pieces of tasty flavor
I liken a poem to conserve
emulsifying many thick textures, small and tiny bits of
rarities to savor
I wonder at the
minds behind the poems
I wonder at what
point that mind comes in
I wonder at what point that mind goes out
Do we need to pull that mind into ours?
to feel
to touch
to experience a poem's true meaning
who is the writer?
what does it matter?
to us
to them
Nightmarish dreams
put them
down
into
a washing machine
through its
agitation
spin cycle
rinse
spin cycle
stop
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