Contemplation 2 Poem by RIC BASTASA

Contemplation 2

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Unlike you
i write for the heck
of an excitement

there is no plan
no structure
i don't see a path
even
no maps
no preconceptions

i catch a word
and then put it in
my hand
it wriggles of course
because
i have no way of telling
what to do with it

like you it fears
when it finally lands in the
hands of
a child

there is purpose
but the catching and in due
time
the releasing

this angers the word
telling me
how ungrateful i was
when it tries to lend
what meaning
it possesses

or wants to have
for its future use.

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