Collected dead
as flies on the sill
Dusty crunch and crackle of
the shells of form
Tossed
On to the floor
Castoff clutter
Birdlike flutter
Of clothes
Before that first hot tumble
The clumsy stammering of arms and
legs
Dangling
Like
tonsils
In an
academic throat
Cough expels the choked
volumes
Sticky with
digestive coat
Or worse,
Punctuation on a passing highway sign
Billboard comma, propaganda period.
Platitude exclamation! point
Ellipses falling like injured birds...
These are our words.