From our earliest days,
We learn to
S
T
A
C
K
W-o-r-d-s-t-o-g-e-t-h-e-r
In nice, tidy prose.
We
B
U
I
L
D
With them, placing
Like-snap-blocks
ThAt BeCoMe StRuCtUrEs.
These words
Help us make
Sense of our world.
Sometimes they line up quietly across the page from left to right,
like kids waiting [im]patiently for recess.
˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ Sometimes ˄ they ˄ march ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄
˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ In ˄ parallel ˄ lines...˄ ˄ ˄ ˄ ˄
~left to right from work boldly they times Other
Sometimes we don’t have the right words~
And place all so are and
we them wrong they weak
easily t
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I like it best when they
behave, flowing forth
upon my command,
helping me create
luminescent worlds
full of
color and majesty.