Reality whistles a different tune underwater.
Don't trust anybody who'd rather be grammatically correct than have a good time.
Cries for help are frequently inaudible.
Salvador Dali and fifty cents will get you a cup of clock melt.
What mattered to Abu was the music of the sentence. 'A shadow does not belong to the object that casts it.' To Abu, it was a little poem. And in general, it was the poetics, the music of things that tossed his confetti.
Should you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked.