Words
Words with wine flowing through them
Words that wrestle and flip
Words with inestimable soprano proclivities
Pretentious arching words
and a passion for the intricate
Words that sound like peace under blankets
Words like the backside of banana creme pies
Words that hate themselves
Words that corner
Words underground
A mirror
A miner
Blam Blam Blam
Words tapped across wires
Words that make me sweat
Words that cut in two directions
Words streaming from an old man's cup
Scrambled words
Words too skinny
Words too fat
Words that hurt
Negotiate
Circumscribe and
Subjugate
Words that mean nothing
Like Never
And This Just War
The queen's words
The king's bandy legs
The dictionary re-written
Words that cut
Words that chain
Words that make me wonder
Words that delight
Tight fisted words
Broad words opening the night sky
Kind words
Clever slice across the middle
Knifey words
Words we want to forget
Words that lie
Conciliators
Transubstainiators
Smart words
Baby words
Shy words
Sly words
Al dente half alive words
Words I wish I couldn't remember
Words about wishes
Say this world is different
Say this woman bleeds
Say I am your lover
Say its her not me
Say I am forgiven
Say I am relieved
Say this world is SO FUCKED UP
Say I am not thee
Say I'm not your lover
Say Its Them, not Me
or rather
Say my Purple Willow
Our honey sweet relief
Say I see your sorrow
Say we will be Free
©Susan Birkeland