this is not a poem, <br />it is the idea of one <br />the longing for one <br />the frustrated waiting <br />the wanting <br />the needing <br />the hating of one. <br /> <br />this is not a poem, <br />it's the hiding from one <br />the delaying of one <br />the desperate waving <br />the avoiding of one. <br /> <br />this is not a poem, <br />it's not even the pretense of one <br />nor the destruction of one <br />the de-construction of one <br />or an excuse for one. <br /> <br />this is not a poem, <br />an application for one <br />the acceptance of one <br />theoretical analysis <br />or the undoing of one. <br /> <br />this is not a poem, <br />It's a lie <br />that may <br />or may not <br />resemble one.<br /><br />Thomas Bishop<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/this-is-not-a-poem-6/
