this is why I only communicate in poetry

complexity is

not what you believe it is

please try listening

So cool. One reading is “complexity is not what you believe it is”. Another is “complexity is”… “not what you believe it is”. Seems similar but the difference is subtle. Even the “please try listening” line changes in both versions. One is confrontational, the other is empathetic.

Agreed. "complexity is" as a full sentence followed by "not what you believe it is" has a fundamentally different meaning.

Very cool

There is complexity

that can only be moved around,

not eliminated.

Sometimes it's better

To keep it all in a clump

Than spread it about

Reminded me of a colleague who wrote his email replys as haiku. It got old pretty quickly.

Like an old colleague

Who wrote emails in haiku

It got old quickly

....

Sorry, I couldn't resist!!