Does God judge us by appearances? I Suspect that He does.
A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.
See without looking, hear without listening, breathe without asking.
Detective stories have nothing to do with works of art.
You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference in beauty or desire.
Every poet has his dream reader: mine keeps a look out for curious prosodic fauna like bacchics and choriambs.