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[shemthepenman]

If I told you that poem creates in a single, specific reader the power to eliminate cynicism from the whole world in a very real and articulable way, would you believe me? That the poem sets into motion a bona fide miracle that will occur at some point in the future? The analysis that delivers that conclusion is really really difficult, but I'm writing it up now.

Anyway, enjoy the puzzle!

If you believe what you say about this poem, then why is it in the serious forum? Are you genuinely expecting critical feedback on the catalyst for a miracle? or is it really just an opportunity for you to enlighten us poor wretched fools?

sorry, but seriously I hate these kind of puzzle poems. It's like writing "dsljfhslkdfhslkhsdfslllllllll" and then "guess what I was thinking." If the poem doesn't do anything other than inspire confusion and I wonder what it means, then it has failed; furthermore, if a poem can be paraphrased and explained more clearly, then it has failed double.

Also, if it is only effective for one 'specific reader', then again, what is the point of posting it in a critical forum?

(i fully concede that I may be missing some sort of joke here [I am grumpy shem today], but nevertheless, I still don't know why it would be posted here for work shopping)