The Ordering-of-Words Matters
Candle light
can delight.
Candles toyed
can destroy.
Water flow–
what a flow!
Waterboard–
What? Absurd–
Elective shlock
electric shock–
Extraordinary rendition–
(as an extra,
rend his shin–)
Words used
word abuse.
“No torture.”
(Not er…true.)
What a difference
placement makes–
the space between
him, me, you.
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Here’s for some consecutive day of April National Poetry Month. This one has been bumping around in my brain since yesterday and serendipitously fits Sam Edge’s very cool prompt on With Real Toads to write a poem using/misusing language in an unusual way. Unfortunately, the misuse of the words above is all too usual.
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