-
- Words--
- It is a habit,
- it is constant,
- it goes on day and
night,
- night and day.
- Casually,
- I read
- dictionaries.
- I didn't know
- I knew
- so many words
- so many meanings.
- Words
- I just accept
- as daily life
- daily bread--
- words
- fill me
- with delight
- Thesaurus,
- mighty wizard,
- the path you set
- so long ago
- has taken me
- to heaven
- to hell
- from incomprehensible
- through dubious and
obscure
- to the Magic Kingdom
- of sounds and
syllables.
- Words
- the flying carpet
- takes me deep
- into the pits
- of etymology
- where fragments
- tiny bits of words
- link into
- the chain of life.
- I cannot take
- a simple breath.
- ~~
- The end...the
beginning.
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