Dear poets
Why write something we dont quite understand
Do you want us to understand or not
If you do
please make the context clear
If not
Dont waste paper and our time
You know
We dont live the life you do
Dont expect us to understand the background knowledge which you are so fond of missing out
Skipping the background is fine if you dont intend your poems to be understood
But if you let them print
You have a responsibility to help me understand
I am busy
and have no time to play hide and seek with you
Perhaps
that's what you really want
To hide and let people discover you?
(15/4/2002 after reading some modern Chinese poems)