Stymied By Sensibilities
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Poets create a box of chocolates with hard and soft centers. It is up to the user to make a selection according to their own sensibilities.
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To challenge, to confront, to make a reader squirm
with annoyance, is part of what poetry is about.
Each reaction unpredictable rather than thrust upon.
The poet sows a seed, a catalyst, striking a match,
not to inflame and engulf, but merely to light
the kindling in the mind with jangles.
The poet is not to blame for reactions
built perhaps of a guilty conscience,
or a wounded mind on the rampage.
Sure, the poet often aims to confront,
to lay bare, to dare nakedness
worthy of exposure.
But the sower of seeds does not drag plants up
to germinate and grow, to prosper or flounder.
Nor does the sower know if bramble weed seeds
are mixed in with the plants he sows.
The sea of sensibilities is unfathomable.
The reaction spectrum is vast and indiscernible.
The chocolate tray has soft and hard center delights,
Sneak a squeeze if you like, or simply turn the page.
Copyright © John Anderson | Year Posted 2017
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