The Poetic Guidelines

When;

Reading this poem

do NOT;

Attempt to read "in between the lines"

(for those tiny spaces have been

filled with white-out)

& read only what is written

DO;

take everything written

here literally

for graphite on paper,

& pixels on a screen

do not

have a sense of irony,

or the ability to comprehend

"metaphors"

do NOT;

seek a "another truth"

from what has been written here

for

the only truth

is the one intended

and do NOT

you ABSOLUTELY MUST NOT;

attempt to find

meaning, symbolism

and or themes

for i can assure you

everything written here

says exactly

what

it

means.