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I don't believe in metaphor
or the similie —
I need the facts, the story told
for art to sing to me.
I want to know the where,
the who, what, when and how.
I want the artist here with me
to explain things in the now.
I'd ask them all the reasons why
& the causes of
when I fully know the answer here
is none of the above.
It could have been a sentence
or a story or a song;
it could have been some part of life
that horribly went wrong.
That answer isn't good enough,
but will suffice today.
For now I'll rest alone ashore,
tomorrow explore the bay.