Wordsmith's Diet

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Are we not all with voracious appetite, some with different means of satiation than others?

A Wordsmith's Diet by Odin Roark The thirst hour Where dark caramel movement Swirls its spell among icy shards As today and yesterday's memories Wait to cut loose their syllabic flotsam Ink's endless search For shoreline discovery Just as Time knows so well opportunity So too imagination refuses confinement Remembering primitive grunts Vernacular's ancient primate sounds Made legible by centuries' evolving accent Rhythm Pitch Tempo Until Symbols simmered themselves into words Offered snacks for tweets Sumptuous main courses for tomes Desserts for savory genre sweets Aperitifs for poetic thought Such teasing For creation's palate Only ups the appetite For lexiconic feasting To understand life's metaphoric appetite Is to be not frightened Even as I eat you to live

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