a simple story pretends
toward an epiphany
from life’s narrative
resolved along lines
readers who expect everything
to be tucked in tidy rows
can know how to follow
without all distraction’s rigmarole
metaphor casually drops in the way
like falling rocks onto a road
after a mountain rainstorm
causing so many misunderstandings
through misreading which turn
of phrase to follow now that
the transparently obvious tale
has once again troubled itself
into something other than it was
(December 27, 2013)
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