Not only are most atheists too literal in their thinking, so are most religious people. Thus a song such as "short people" will be attacked by fools who think it is blatantly insulting to the short, and the phrase "she makes love just like a woman" will be rejected as a statement that is so obvious that it need not be said in the first place. (sigh) I even heard someone object to the phrase "I've seen fire and I've seen rain" on this basis..."Well, who hasn't???" Like, duh!

Context, people! Context! How can poets entertain people who are completely incapable of relating to poetic images?