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  ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎  The title is best left unsaid. Poetry pieces are some of the most complex works of literature to the point where it feels like the number of complexities and ideas you could draw from a poem is seemingly infinite. Unlike other pieces of art, poetry isn't only about the words of the poem, it's also about the words that aren't in the poem. The unsaid material.  But what is the point of the unsaid words? These words don't exist in the first place It's like trying to determine facial expressions The way you have to interpret text that looks to have been erased The blank spaces are truly where the complexity comes from As it's easy to read what's on the page, like listening to a speech It creates depth and makes you question more and more It's like a phrase from "Dover Beach" "Ah, love, let us be true" It raises the question, is it imaginative or real? It is "answered" with the lines ...

"Mortal Man" - Kendrick Lamar (Timestamp 10:40)   "The caterpillar is a prisoner to the streets that conceived it Its only job is to eat or consume everything Around it, in order to protect itself from this mad city While consuming its environment the Caterpillar begins to notice ways to survive One thing it noticed is how much the World shuns him, but praises the butterfly The butterfly represents the talent, The thoughtfulness, and the beauty within the caterpillar But having a harsh outlook on life the caterpillar sees the Butterfly as weak and figures out A way to pimp it to his own benefits Already surrounded by this mad city the caterpillar Goes to work on the cocoon which institutionalizes him He can no longer see past his own thoughts He's trapped When trapped inside these walls certain ideas take roots, Such as going home, and bringing back new concepts to this mad city The result? Wings begin to emerge, breaking the cycle of feeling stagnant Finally free, t...