There have been symbols
signs
revelations
epiphanies
throughout

all whispering
"your poetry is the
answer to everything"

A stranger, in Port Authority
once asked, with indignity
why the poet, had P-O-E-T
tattooed on his left hand

As the indignant man was walking
away,
the poet said "you asked the question,
but you don't listen to the answer"