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she tried
t o
b
e
a n d
p r i c k e d
b y t h o r n y
— p o e m s
these fingers,
n o w,
b a r e
r h y m e s
c a n ' ts r b l c i b e*
y e t s h e 's a
d i l e t t a n t e —
at
a m b i g u i t y
she
d i t h e r s
*
t h i s g l a r i n g
s u n
e m b a l m i n g
l i g h t
will b a t h eher f r a i l y e tr h y t h m i cm i g h t
*
she y e a r n s ,
once m o r e,
t o d i v e
i
n ,
s i m
w
blue - b i r t h i n g
v e r s e
i n l u s c i o u s
i n k
*t h i s g l a r i n g
s u n
e m b a l m i n g
l i g h t will b a t h eher f r a i l y e tr h y t h m i cm i g h t
*
A g e n t p r o v o c a t r i c e
she t r i e d
t o
b
e
and d i t h e r
d i d
and
d i t h e r
w i l l
*
u n d e r
n e w l i g h t
a b a r e
b l u e
b o l d ,
free
v e r s e —
t a k e s
f tl hi g
*
A g e n t p r o v o c a t r i c eg o t n e a r l y
k i l l e d,
b u t b i r d
of m i g h t —
r e b o r n
she found
h e r
*
and d i t h e r
d i d
and
d i t h e r
w i l lthese fingers,
n o w ,b a r e
r h y m e sd os r b l c i b e
*
r e b o r n
and full
of
m i g h t
i n i n k she
t h r i v e s
in i n k she
s w i m s
*
A g e n t p r o v o c a t r i c e
she tried
t o
b
e yet s h e ' s a
d i l e t t a n t e —
at
a m b i g u i t y
she
d i t h e r s
You creatively always amazes me VB. Always. Loved your use of the word ‘dilettante’ too.
💛 thank you SO MUCH for this beautiful, beautiful, beatiful comment, Amazing Queen B. 💜
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Floating letters 🙂