a note from the poet- to better understand this, read my other poem, 'A Stapler', and the comment by 'Edgar Grey' regarding it.) <br /> <br /> <br />Poetry does not need to say anything. <br />Why can't it merely express an abstract moment in time? <br />So many tears inspire me, <br />So much anger flows from my pen. <br />But- <br />Not everything has meaning. <br />Not everything is meant to, after all. <br />We poets understand that, I think. <br />We can write on our surroundings, <br />As well as our feelings. <br />(Though not all <br />Can adapt to such a mundane subject.) <br /> <br />Am I wrong to write on such a boring thing? <br />Am I wrong to be bored by a stapler? <br />Must everything I feel be a complex emotion? <br />Must a stapler poem apply to life? <br />Allow the nonsense to make sense, <br />And then you'll understand life. <br /> <br />(written in response to a comment left on my poem 'A Stapler')<br /><br />James Grengs<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stapler-poetry/
