Jan/Feb 2024  •   Poetry  •   Special Feature

Langwedge

by Ellen Sander

Rock art by Tim Christensen

Rock art by Tim Christensen


Langwedge

It stalks me. A word
comes a part
like batting in shreds.

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Quandary: I harbor doubt weather
archaic or à la mode would be better,
a phoenicopter than a homophone,
general vs particulate—

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what could go wrong,
even by ex-sample?

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I can't get from the bed to the pot wi-thout
being stung                        bi-syllabification
the more I                          try to) ignore it
the defier                            it gets

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