Kiss-off Words


You place yourself above hummingbirds and angels,
you presume to be the core of another’s concerns,
you strive to compete with God.

Attend to your life and doing,
attend to its effects beyond
the stacks of syllables you collect.

When will you kiss-off words
and peer behind what their
sounds contrive?

.
Jim Culleny
July 2009

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