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words will make you crazy
by Charlie Morganwe turn our books
to different pages.
start reading harem-scarem,
making sure to stop at periods,
look
both ways,
then proceed.
being alert
for the in-a-hurry
run-on sentence
of the ever-present breath-taking
comma,
or the mysteriously strong semi-colon;
the breather of fire, of brimstone
of literature, of all prose,
except for e.e.cummings, maybe ginsberg.
devouring words, burping missed meaning,
we trudge onward, [we think] upward,
yelling Excelsior: our motto.
while excellence serves as our aim.
all the while gutenberg spins
in his grave of moveable type
spelling the levels of hell
Dante took the time to name. 05/19/2008 Posted on 05/19/2008
Copyright © 2026 Charlie Morgan
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Mary Frances Spencer on 05/20/08 at 02:41 AM i do not use much punctuation in my work....somehow feel free and flowing that way
MFS |
| Posted by Alison McKenzie on 05/21/08 at 03:19 AM I start out with good intention, every line puncuated just so. But as the piece progresses, I find that I have to go back and edit, and sometimes I miss things. Eeeeek. Drives me nuts about myself! |
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