something i posted somewhere else -- on meaning

[abu nuwas]

I am as a rule anti-layer, anti-'planes' and anti-anything of the sort, for the simple reason, that I consider poetry to be a means of communication. It is axiomatic (many things seem to be lately) that since my experience and language differ from anyone else's, they will not understand exactly as I have intended. In other words, layers are inevitable, and there is no sense in adding more. Nasty Aleisher Crowley said something to the effect that unless a person's words hit an exact spot in another person's mind, then s/he would not be understood, or misunderstood.

Then there is the real mystery of Leanne's layer, above. Why did she copyright para 3?