Return on Word
If we look in the direction
these words will have to do
adding to the enormous burden of words
The entire concept
is entirely too conceptual
all we need is a few good words
Anybody can relate to
to declare an identity
no one can take away
But which ones
a handful of interest
several people in a room
For several hours
couldn’t come up with
the point is to decide
Then move as one
up and down
in an altered state
This is easier said than done
we are getting close, very close
we are getting better
We are going to have a great year
there is going to be hell to pay
it’s gonna to be a fuckin bloodbath
Then the return to words
thought has taken a contract out on
in order to move them around
Kit Robinson, “Return on Word” from The Crave. Copyright © 2002 by Kit Robinson. Reprinted by permission of Atelos.
Source:
The Crave
(Atelos, 2002)