Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Day 14: Morning Dissection

Take a scalpel to a word.
Slice it into parts.


sh …    don’t speak.
            don’t act.
            hide behind.
            duck and shiver.

ou …   phonetic vacillation
            complaisant tongue 
            lips half pursed
            pouting

ld     one sharp edge
            looking backward,
dulled by 
a silent partner.


This word has no will.
It is a regretful doorstop.
Excise it.

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