The Shape Is Not Content
A sentence short
or one that's length we cannot comprehend
my usual words a well known friend
does the shape end on the final word
or jut into a pictured absurd
S paces break the rhythm
commmon commas out of comas
F
ollo___ath only icy
___w a p
Steel the words so often abused
leave the reader so con
Fused see an image never meant W
____________________________h
____________________________y i write the right to rite
Do we just jumble the dcitoinary
Are we reaching for another's validation
or the vile nation reaches for a knot
that strangles as i hang on a dot
critters size the ticks that talk
Look at the stem on the rose
i must stalk the stalk
Sleep my demon
Sleep my angel
let my whispers find their silence
at the edges of my thoughts
Copyright © Christopher Quigley | Year Posted 2020
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