Symbols change their meaning with
Shifts in common usage & understanding
For instance,
CAPITAL LETTERS: one hundred
Years ago, all caps probably meant
You were reading a telegram
Now it means either emphasis
Or shouting
Or you are a preliterate who can’t
Figure out the caps lock
Or, perhaps even
A POET looking for something
Visually arresting
(Besides, that is, the usual
array of swimsuit models he
Chooses as accompanying
Photos to his poetry)
Speaking of poetry,
It is possible that this poem
Has an intrinsic meaning
Veiled by its very lack of
Content
To wit:
That the author
Lost and devastated by the consequences
Of his own shortcomings
Real or perceived
Casts about wildly in an attempt
To avoid what’s really bothering him
But hey
Look at the picture…
Doesn’t she look beautiful?
To share is human:
i love this…and her.
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There’s more of her on the way…
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She does! I hope you are okay.
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Thanks.
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I would prefer to know what is bothering the author. 😉 I’m not into swimsuit models.
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Dang it, Dana, you didn’t fall for my diversionary tactics.
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I am only distracted by romantic or erotic poetry and stories. 😉
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I’ll get to work on that.
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YES SHE DOES.
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She asked about you, by the way.
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Well yeah… the girls all go nuts for a bushy tail.
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Cartoonists always get all the girls.
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That’s because we know how to use Photoshop….
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Quite a crafty verse; terse. 🙂
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(Recycled)-Of course she does; She’s ME on my anniversary 48 years ago. That is if you wrote this on 20161226 which it appears you didn’t. Anyway I identify with both poet and model and most of all with the sailboats in the distance.
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