That isn’t what I meant
but if you see it there
then that’s what it is
but I didn’t put it there
I wrote what I meant
What you see
what you hear
comes from you
from your voices
your sprites
your dreams
not from mine
Writers write
painters paint
and critics and scholars
forever analyze
looking for subtle allusions
to deeper meanings
and hidden truths
placed surreptitiously
by capricious muses
for their own entertainment
but it’s not what I meant
Marv Himmel
March 10, 2016 ©