Collins Response

How can you say that to

Analysis

Ana lysis

Is to beat a poem

With a hose

It is more a gentle tugging 

At the feet

Undressing the poem one article 

of clothing

at a time

Becuase when you think

K Can’t you feel the poem

Run your fingers through

The poem’s hair

You’re sad becuase you pull a strand out

Keep it as a keepsake 

Can’t you feel the sadness in the hair 

Can’t you trace the gentle callouses 

On the rough palm

Feel the strength

Of the creator

Every emotion you hold

With you

as a keepsake

Of the creation

Its an ana

lysis

You’ve

Lysed the meaning

Cut it apart

You’re left with one strand of hair

Even a little

Fleck k k

Of sKin that lands on your forearm

You ana

lyse

Because

When you feel a poem

Really feel it

Or don’t feel it

You’ve made a judgement

And you cannot possible gleam

Every meaning of the poem

You wouldn’t pull the hair one strand at a time

Take off every article of clothing

Becuase

That’s immoral

You don’t

Know the heart of the poem

Placed there by the tears the writer 

Pours out 

Dips her pen in

And writes out the eyes

Those bits are not for you

So

When you read the poem

And you keep your keepsake

You have already

ana

lysed

and there is no going back

And this is why I ask

Implore

Question

Pull 

Why do you say

to ana lyse

is to beat

a poem 

with a hose?