the crane-fly stepped over the cracks� the crane-fly stepped over the cracks like a child at play no i imagined the step the child played it safe ignore the child even as a metaphor he would step over the cracks if but one crack inside his head he cannot when he saw her coming he would not at all the problem is that this poem is untrue there was no crane-fly cracks or crack child he or she the problem is that this poem is true there is an I (not i) who is in love but cannot say it straight or maybe the problem is you (or someone i or I have based on you) no the problem is diction syntax line-spacing the problem is this poem the answer is the looks over the chasm like a |