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Are These Words

Are these words
Or just li(n)es,
Forming meaning to host
But bubkis* to most
Do I write what I say
This scribble, transcription
I detect some conviction
But if said and not heard
Another blissful, pragmatic
Exceptional blurb
Once exchanged
To receiver
Once translated
By perceiver
It may lose it's intent
Could ignite, not prevent
But the message is taken
Clear, action, now
And, G-d forbid, if mistaken.

(11/04/03)

*Yiddish for nothing/worthless

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Njeri Hunjeri

Date: 7/27/2015 4:10:00 AM

All these words we poets create in our heads and write on paper. some seem weightless and some seem weighty. i enjoyed!

Suburban Lovechild
Date: 7/27/2015 9:37:00 PM

Thx Njeri. Yes we weavers of weighty words.