5th Line 3rd Stanza

Every poem he wrote
on every page of his book
in the fifth line of the third stanza
a mistake
a spelling mistake
pointing out some word or just the letter

to him the missing letters spelled a word
the added letter spelled another
and the words the letters were found among 
or without were sentences

If you ask me
in the fifth line and third stanza
one mistake per page to hide a paragraph
who would do that
what wcshould it say?
and would it be worth it at all to read it at last?

the final chapter of the book
and there you are left with all the clues of how to read the ending
through spelling mistakes and missing letters to find words
5th lines and 3rd stanza and what it all means

this literary genius sure had his work cut out for him
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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