I'd like a thousand words
about this poem--
a poem that, mind you,
I just stumbled across.
You know the internet.
Always something.
So please, just give me
a thousand words
telling me why it is deep,
and complex,
and the symbols are exquisite.
Ask me what I think the poet meant.
Tell me who this poet--
oh, this mysterious stranger--
might be,
if you just judge by the words.
Yes, yes... of course,
that's what the mountain meant,
but you're wrong about the context...
I mean, if the context were different,
then would it mean something else?
A thousand more words, please.
About context, and literary precedent.
And a thousand more.
Because the poet--
if I knew the poet, of course--
wants to be reassured
that her words...
I mean *their* words...
are heard,
are understood.
And here you are,
living easily on the screen,
waiting patiently for questions.
It's as good as talking to myself--
I mean, as good as a poetry reader--
talking to herself,
except with better data scraping skills.