The thing is, <br />a poem 'means' what it means to each reader, <br /> <br />not your poetry teacher, <br />not the guys who call themselves critics, <br /> <br />it's democracy come at last to the toffee-nosed <br />haughty-cultural world of the arts <br /> <br />so don't ask me what this one means, <br />you tell me, OK? that's if it means anything <br /> <br />oh did I forget something <br />ah yes the poem <br /> <br />sorry I seem to have forgotten <br />what I was going to say<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poem-for-david/
