They should be able to see the issue from all sides and distinguish the sincere actor from the plant. They might possibly spy the gist through the mist but they can't. You've been speaking with them for hours. You refute the platform, the ideas and the chant. They try to remember the facts you gave them but they can't. The foreign policy which crippled Cathay, The document that was forged, the dictator's rant. They should be able to connect the dots but they can't. When I started, I was not a poet. She opened the door with a toothbrush in her hand. "You always have a toothbrush," I said. "And you always comment on it." Everyone assumes he is gay, but my girlfriend makes him pant. Both love me. Oh they should love me; both should love me but they can't.