Damsel

That's a great lyric: 'I'm distressed by the way you're dressed' Ha! But how does one limp like a fake lollipop? The opening line sets up great rhythm which you don't continue. As I read your stuff, I see that you aim to be free of conventions in form, metre, all that malarkey, which is interesting...its very dislocated... but is it true that freedom of expression can also generate an exclusive subjectivity...so that meaning is so variable as to be meaningless...leading to the posing of the poet's question: what does it mean? Please dont take that the wrong way...I invite criticism, and I feel I am myself too conventional in my attitudes sometimes. I'd like to know something about the context of this particular poem. Can you explain this poem to me? Can you explain why you chose those lines...can you show me the thread that will lead me to the Gate in Jerusalem's wall...I'm just interested in the composition process really...EA