Yep; there are so many ways of complicating simple expressions, but that's the nature of poetry in general. The Man With The Blue Guitar by Wallace Stevens... a hero's head, large eye And bearded bronze, but not a man. The imagery has to be wide and vague enough to appeal to a varied audience, but specific enough so the audience can suspend disbelief. Gravity, however, will always drop the heavy object on my toe. But does that mean it made a "conscious" decision to drop it? Almost everything is open for debate in poetry.
Ok, now back to moving compost.