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misunderstanding poetry



if a poem says ride me like a balloon
we will fly into dreams that were never dreamed
wired landscapes constructed of algebraic runes
back alleys & white broadways where the dancers
offer a pointed stick to cure every misery
an undiscovered place in your heart that proves
heaven is merely a rehearsal for hell –
maybe I don’t quite get the fascination
or even if I want to go there.

if a poem attempts to stun me with metaphors
and similes, allegories that leave me perplexed
adrift in an incomprehensible labyrinth
I won’t remain trapped;
I will interpret my way out.

if a poem speaks aggressively, addressing issues
that have wrecked my innocence & faith
if it has no forbearance of foul language
if it screams fuck you! for leading me with vacant
promises, for breaking me down with a violent
passion that I perceived as love
fuck you for dropping me into this forgotten place &
not even stopping to lift me out before you walked away
fuck you!

if a poem says that
I don’t need an analysis
I know what it means.


Written by JohnFeddeler
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