Mioptic Bernice
Bernice insisted good poets wrote verse in second
person lecturing all readers
as if they needed
militant
writers
who
would
blindly
teach concepts
or react towards
abstract and concrete stimuli
instructions build character she claimed; they tell people
how to feel-respond to buzzing
cicadas,
the scent
of
fresh
roses,
the sight of
butterflies on wing
dancing till dusk during August.
claiming people want others to interpret senses.
