They Write Themselves Up
Adjectives plunk themselves down in two’s and threes.
I watch them gather, peeking from behind solid noun trees.
The blank page delights me, incites me, highlights me.
I try to catch up, but they are everywhere I did not see.
Where to begin? I wonder, but they are not waiting for me.
They are cleverly organizing themselves into a big company.
An army now, they march along leaving their tracks.
I pick up the pen, and one coughs “Here comes one of the hacks.”
This makes me cringe, for I thought I ought to be in charge.
Who does she think she is? An admiral or a convoluted sarge?
The verbs began to gather and start whistling at me now.
Starting their own sentences without my help. Meow!
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2021
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