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Question: How vague is too vague!?
Walk with the dogs in the desert
and tell us what you see,
wander the crashing stars
and loosen your twisted sleeves,
show us what we are begging for,
bring the chariot to our door
and the red velvet walkways to our feet
see us for the first time in our glory
become old and wise with us cry with
us
implore the crowds to become frenzied
and dine on our arrogance with silver tongue!.
Anchor the ship at our shore
and bleed us
until we have nothing left!.

Discover the horizon
while we wait under shaded sky
and turn our backs
on the sun!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I am going to stab at this!. I see politicians oozing from every pore of this one! Very Vague and wanting you to follow every word they say and think it is 'Gospel Truth'!.

Just me, Buk, I could be way off--just how it made me think this morning!.

Nice write!Www@QuestionHome@Com

1 a: not clearly expressed : stated in indefinite terms <vague accusations> b: not having a precise meaning <a vague term of abuse>
2 a: not clearly defined, grasped, or understood : indistinct <only a vague notion of what's needed> ; also : slight <a vague hint of a thickening waistline> <hasn't the vaguest idea> b: not clearly felt or sensed : somewhat subconscious <a vague longing>
3: not thinking or expressing one's thoughts clearly or precisely <vague about dates and places>
4: lacking expression : vacant <vague eyes> <a vague stare>
5: not sharply outlined : hazy <met by vague figures with shaded torchlights — Earle Birney>
synonyms see obscureWww@QuestionHome@Com

I also saw it as something like a cry to a poet by someone who is HUNGRY for words and the only way they can feel or experience LIFE is through the words of a poet!.!.!.!.!.go ahead and read it that way! It works!
(Except the 'arrogance' use!.!.!.!.!.!.)
But, sure, the more obvious interpretation is politicians!.!.!.!.

maWww@QuestionHome@Com

You're so vague
I probably think this song is about you
You're so vague

(I couldn't resist)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Definitely could be political vague, or any charlatan with gifted tongue that promises all while taking all!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

This almost seems to be !.!.the speaker asking for a poet to!.!.!.make his words!.!.!.FEEL!. The speaker wants to bleed and be wounded from the poets words!.!.!.!.to anguish and despair and rage!.!.!.

okay maybe I'm wrong but it works too!Www@QuestionHome@Com

(stops dining on arrogance, belches loudly, looks embarrassed) Applauding loudly!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I see Bush and Fox
on the Lincoln
in May six
years
a -go
Hannity
Go
'Reilly
Go
Ingram
Go
CoulterWww@QuestionHome@Com

Sounds like the up coming Inauguration and the next four years of leadership under our new president!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Vague is too vogue!.

~MadonnaWww@QuestionHome@Com

Your Editor is waiting for your Publisher to send a final draft!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I kept getting the feeling of hope given and then taken away!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

pristine!.!.!.!.!.

!.!.!.!.!.piece!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think your publisher should finish said book this week!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I love her, tooWww@QuestionHome@Com

I really think you should publish a book Buk <3Www@QuestionHome@Com

dropped at birth!.Www@QuestionHome@Com