Tentative Conclusion: Love is More Powerful than Poetry

 

I scatter images and
metaphors across my page;
ships loaded high with
weighty cargo.

 

Poets agree that this common language
may be shaded and revealed
with close analysis.

 

You confound my every explanation
and attempt. For single example:

 

Broken leaves should emphasize
dying; each sere and yellowed leaf
a whispered promise that age is
inescapable, even forboding;

 

yet I cannot help
remembering — you loved the autumn.

 

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October 8, 1996