Nature

At first,
There is no motion in these words,
they sit like bold 300-pound men
who know their weight and are
not afraid to use it. Oh no, these
words begin to shift in their simple
chair. They begin to see their relation
to all other written things. Their confidence
rises and there seems to be a
wave, more palpable and strong.
These words may not be able to
stop—even in the face of the underlying
terror they see in their own punctuation.

© 1992 Daniel X. O'Neil