Verses unfold under auspices unknown Boxers with shadows give vigorous jabs Illuminating confusion casually profound What do you mean; how do I mean? Thoughts are drafts unbidden, collated akimbo Craft a line with undue finality Commit to publication of the mind's blurry reverie Leads me to poems, we peer inside together I ask you, reader, be you me or other Reflect lightly Consider gently Ask freely Directness evasion: a right and a choice Clarity evades unless you choose not to hear The cacophony of electricity darting between ears How can we know, just what do we mean? Lest feet and stomach rebel at upstairs confusion Let's step forward then feast A walk and a meal When in totality You and I understand