Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Objective Valentine

A poem must be
not only a refusal
of the cold tone of voice
and brusque business
attitude of prose
but show how
words can push
as far as they can
against the blank
spaces to their right
on a page or screen
how you can feel
this happening if
you take the time
where things get
technical or tender
and make-up is applied
backstage for your births
and funerals

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