Nothing ruins a piece of literature
worse than a full explanation from its author
If you so desperately need me to know why
you wrote the poem, you can work the answer
to that question into the poem
I find it lazy to give up on the piece
before it fully satisfies your need to convey
every point you're looking to express
I don't need a background
story to understand a feeling
I have my own life to apply
& to me that's the point
But what do I know