Something About Syllables And Stitches

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Syllables

can be bullish

sad or silly

tilted or stilted

simple or profound

up in the air

or underground

 

As long as the sounds

they make

sing along with

the other syllables

in harmony

or rhythm

 

As long as they make

the feet tap a beat

or the the eyes surmise

when the mind does find

the stitches

that bewitches

and holds 

the syllables

together

 

You get music,

poetry, story

shame or glory:

 

Sisters and brothers

in the kingdom

of words

 

Or they can bore you

to death

if they have no breath

between them

and you get

stagnation:

 

Syllables on

a fatal vacation

if they are without

 punctuation

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© PAUL OLIVERIO ©

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