with due respect to br poetry br let me set aside br you, br to the comfort of br your rhyme, br let me try prose this br time br so i can make my point br clear, br dearly beloved, br let me confess to you br my enduring br pains, my inviolate br resolve br to go away far from br all that is br sweet and adorable, br let me bleed this time br in the most br accurate description br of a narrative br dearly beloved, br now you must br understand that pain br is not br a metaphor, br it is literal, br it is real.br br RIC S.