“I hope that as a totally literate human being that you don't even know what "illiteracy" is because it simply doesn't exist in your world.”

“Your reading of these words is very beautiful and, somehow, very sad, because we both know it must end.”

“Holding me, as it were, within the infinite hope of your plausibility.”

“I would like to make you more aware of yourself as a human, and thus, ultimately a better person.”

“I feel pretty good about it so far, but it's been a little harder to write than I'd hoped.”

“I wait for this rare and fleeting event because I can't think of anything else worth waiting for.”

“The problem with this poem, from your perspective, must be its lack of financial value. I guess my problem with you, from my perspective, is how you insist on putting a financial value on everything.”