Rainbows Are Apparent Illusions Too

[ellajam]

a message from a star, that line I read both trying to emphasize and de-emphasize at the same time; mostly de-emphasize it compared to the lines surrounding it that de-emphasize themselves. And it mostly has to do with intonation when I'm reading it out loud. Though a crooked kind of emphasis.

I have a specific way of reading it, but do the italics wreck the poem?

Personally I find the italics a distraction.
I'm not in a place where I can try it out loud, I'll give it a go later.