This is four separate poems that have been combined into one as a dialogue between Artist and Fanatic. Each person speaks a line then has an unspoken afterthought. The four poems can also be read one after the other as a single poem which I have included after the dialogue. Reading this poem in both forms should give the reader an idea of what I am attempting here.

This is a mostly true story. Inspired by a beautiful friend, who touched my life briefly several years ago, then moved away....