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Just a rant and a comical take on the concept of how we tend to over think or “read into” so much. Sometimes it’s just a bit more simple.

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Why?
Everything I say
doesn’t mean anything
other than

maybe there is nothing
between the lines
and the lines
mean nothing

ever tried just
accepting me
for who I am
beyond the bibliography

does anyone say
what they mean
or mean what
is written
about them

maybe just once
read less
and look at me
face value
seems bankrupt

after all
a kiss
might just be
a kiss

or a kiss off
stop reading
Me

Read what you will…

Author's Note

Don’t take it seriously. Or read into it. Your choice.

Reviews

[Betty Hermelee]

First let me say I love your poetry...whoever you may be... and it doesn't matter because each poem is unique dark or light or about one's moods.... Is this a spoof on boring poetry??? in any case I will keep reading your poetry!!! I think you're trying to be humorous.....many of mine are dark , third person, not necessarily about me....
Best, Betty

[Ciara]

Ha! Yes it's true. When I write it's not all about me and real experiences and I hate when people assume there's something wrong if I've written something dark.

[andrew mitchell]

Yes sometimes you just take things on face value, no need to scratch under the surface however everyone likes being a detective sleuth looking for a motive. Comedy is one taken on face value.

[Coyote Poetry]

I did like this poem. Us, who love to write. We must be hard-skin. You can't make all people happy. I liked the honest tone in the words. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry and your thoughts.
Coyote

[Green]

This made me think of all the times growing up in school where an English teacher would tell us about the deep inner meaning of some type of writing. Even then I was always sitting back and wondering if that's what was really intended by the author or if we just wanted it to be so. Still a question I don't have an answer to, and I don't expect I ever will. It's not just something we do with written things though, humans have such a habit of trying to make everything more (or less) than it is, and rarely just looking at what it actually is. Intriguing...

[Scott Kris]

Yes, we are taught to search for hidden meanings. Often, we do miss intentions. Still, maybe we would be more relatable if we just realize all we can do is assume a meaning. So why not choose the happiest, most empowering meaning?
It’s all a delusion of our own making.

Thank you for your time to read and review.

[willweb]

I don't take much of anything too seriously and that at times can be a problem but, I am only who I am and that is all I can be or in the words of Popeye...I yam what I yam.
Though I do see at times people read a lot into something that is nothing at all. There were times I would post a poem with a note at the bottom that read...It's only a poem. So not to have people worried about me.

This was pretty cool my friend and I mean that seriously.

[Scott Kris]

I like your way of reading this. Ha.
Thank you kindly my friend.

[Cyprian Van Dyke]

There's a lot of meaning in this poem. I liked the ending. A kiss or a kiss-off, makes me think of all the things a real kiss could mean. tyfs

[Scott Kris]

As always there are meanings to found, said, unsaid, implied, and even unintended.
Thank you for the visit and leaving a thought.

[AYVID N]

Reading into things is a common human failing. We extrapolate and intrapolate. We interpret and try to add layers to what is said or done. We don't want to settle for the simple meaning and want the matter complicated. In the end, we just see what we want to see, hear what we want to hear. Anything else is unacceptable. Liked this poem so much. Thanks for the share.

[Scott Kris]

Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts.

[Sami Khalil]

It is one of man's follies indeed; we overthink motives, take away wrong perspectives, misjudge others, prohect our feelings into illusions and so forth. We are all guilty of sorts.
You nailed it in a soft, humorous way.

[Scott Kris]

Indeed. Thank you very much for your time to read and comment.

[Sami Khalil]

Yes siiiirrrrr. You are welcome 😊.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and simple can be refreshing sometimes....everything gets over "thunked"---
Sometimes what is there is exactly what is there...nothing between the lines, between the stanzas, between the title and the last line.
I like this one, my friend
and I won't Stop reading you.
j.

[Scott Kris]

Ha. Well, it was a sudden comic thought when I had several poets sign off with “keep reading”. I just thought, I might be reading too much. Silly. And true.

Thank you as always for the visit abd for your comments.