A sentence versus a writer

Short sentences aren't hard to make.

The difficulty is forcing yourself to keep them short.

There are innumerable ways to write badly.

The usual way is making sentences that don't say what you think they do.

Which can the reader possibly believe?

Your sentences or you?

The only link between you and the reader is the sentence you're making.

There's no sign of your intention apart from the sentences themselves,

And every sentence has its own motives, its own commitments,

Quite apart from yours.

It adheres to a set of rules—grammar, syntax, the history and customs of the language, a world of echoes and allusions and social cues—that pay no heed to your intentions,