The effect of words
Words have effects beyond imagining
They stick and rankle
rest recur
sleep and then scream
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And words is all they are
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I never hesitate to dive
into the pools that
others make
There always is a prize
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It is the poet in us all
that helps us realize
How odd it is
that little scribbles
have such heft
They cannot walk
They cannot talk
And yet we give them
supreme power
This little book
accepts the truth
by juxtaposing words
These words are serendipitous
Just to see
what happens when
the deed is done
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You’ll have to look to catch the drift
And see the power for what it is
It is effect
That’s all it is
It either is or isn’t
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Words have no presence and no life
save what we give to them
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Become an artist real and true
Let your eye and mind
come through