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If I Write Down Words

If I write down words
that pour from me like
water rushing from a rusty gutter
carrying my cries in the flood
with decaying leaves and
the smattering off the roof
of droppings from so many
prominently perched pigeons,
is that a poetry of sorts?

If the aged shingled roof leaks
at its eaves (like my eyes)
when wind blows the rain
nearly horizontal and the house
beams creak and  sound like 
corroded hinges when 
seldom-used doors are opened,
has a trope occurred?

And, is anything -- honestly -- 
more than almost senseless patter?
Does it really even matter?

Copyright © Leo Larry Amadore




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