I Hate Poetry

Multiple meanings, metaphors,

allegories, archetypes,

symbolism, similes,

and biographies.

The writer writes but

doesn't say what he says,

doesn't mean what he says and

doesn't say what he means. He

doesn't mean what he means,

at least superficially.

Someday I'd like to read a poem

that is right there on top,

floating, on the surface

without digging deep.

Is it possible

to be poetic

without

being

cryptic?