It's Hard Being A Hostage

While I've Had A Great Distaste For What's Usually Called Song In Modern Poetry Or For What's Usually Called Music, I Really Don't Think Of Speech As So Far From Song.

A Myth Is The Name Of A Terrible Lie Told By A Smelly Little Brown Person To A Man In A White Suit With A Pair Of Binoculars.

I Didn't Think About Whether I Was Writing Poems. I Was Thinking. And The More I Was Thinking, The More There Was I Didn't Understand.

For Several Centuries What Has Passed For Song In Literary Circles Was Any Text That Looked Like The Lyrics For A Commonplace Melodic Setting.

I'm Aware Of My Audience In A Way, And I Do Try To Engage With Them While I'm Trying To Go About My Business Of Thinking. I Believe They Help Me By Providing A Focus.