There is a far less obvious
but very important reason
to be a poet, a bit less so, but still
a good reason to write prose.
Perhaps you will say that my
reason is wholly and solely
audience specific, and you
would be at least partially right,
for if, like me, you are in
the process of losing your sight,
or have already done so, then
a picture is essentially worthless
and even a single word surpasses it,
and a thousand would be a treasure
of almost infinite value.