writing poetry

[Leanne]

I must protest: do not ignore the need to pee. Having your bladder burst all over your crown of sonnets is not good for your poem -- well, not good for that particular poem, but possibly good for all that you've written in the past, since the toxicity will probably kill you...

The cooking analogy is a good one. Plenty of people (myself included) go one step too far and muddle the metaphors beyond all hope... then again, that's where we come in and save the day by burning our fingers to get it back out again...