Poets need not take themselves so seriously. And since poetry does not automatically, if ever, deliver Truth, whatever that is, poetry should not stand in need of rabbinical exegesis or cryptoanalysis in order to be understood. It shall be OK for poets to live nonsuicidially, nonaddicted, and in a mannour consistent with holistic health. This does not mean that the poet must become an ardent promoter of bean sprouts, nor must the poet be enjoined to write lusty paeans to yogurt, tofu, and stoneground wholewheat flour. Cultivate awareness of relationships.
Introspection automatically deludes.
Both poems have memorable lines. It is generally held to be of historical significance only, but there are some who claim it has contemporary relevance. They, too, tend to be risible, quirky. and crankish. Many of these pieces first appeared as guest editorials in The Small Press Review umpteen years ago. A poem should not mean, but be.