Words are needed
to send down roots
cast eyes up
let the mind spread
laterally.

Words are concrete
form is play
color too easy
All too easy
emptiness.

Words give voice
to act
form and color silent
tangibles to hide behind
masking an imbecile’s
mute expression.

 

– Vermont, 12.20.17

 

 

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