Explication

Poetry
.               always rhymes                               except
                                                                              when it doesn’t
              walks with even feet                     aside from
.                                                                           dactyls
                                                                          anapests
                                                                          non-metered verse
              constantly changes
              is written on the page                  if we ignore
.                                                                           slam
                                                                          rap
                                                                          hip-hop
                                                                          all poetry
              constantly stays the same
              composes itself out of
.                                                                           words
.                                                                           numbers
                                                                          sounds
                                                                          symbols
.                                                                           mouth-movements
                                                                                                               unless it doesn’t
.               is breathing
                                   without lungs
.               is the line between this point and that point
                                                                                            except backwards
.                                                                                             and in a language no one remembers

.                                                                           But without a line
.                                                                           And without a point.