"Four Short Essays..."

 Is "Four Short Essays..." essays or poetry and, if the later, then why is it called "essays"? Is 1 ("therefore,") either a poem or an essay or any kind of text? Essays, at least the kinds we write in college, are usually supposed to make an argument. Do these "essays" make an argument? If so, what?

What do they say about "white people"? What assumptions do you make about the speaker of this poem?

What do you think about these lines:

never to walk into a future

of unpersonable feelings
for to feel is to window

& to person is to people
a feeling, a future
in which

4.
this future walks...

(Can "person" and "people" be verbs as they are here?) 

Finally, which is the easier of the poems to read? Or, conversely, which is the more complicated


" Four short essays"  would be considered a poem despite avenge the term essays In the tittle due to the format on how they are written. But the author could have went for something compete different since they are separated into 4 sections . even if the 1st one is just the word " therefore" it could be the beginning of the rest of the essays.I do think these essays make a argument but the arguments are with the narrator and society.

the assumption I get from the speaker of this poem when he says " white people " is they are against society and looked down upon by the speaker. he mentions the term twice both in condescending ways. my thoughts on the lines is the future can be uncertain but its forsake to come. you can't predict the future and the feelings that come with it and in #4 is we are all currently the future and it keeps going on weather we like it or not.

poems are more easier to read and consume since its shorter text but they could be harder to read since there is less context rather then reading a short story where the theme is written for you.