Perhaps because it is flexible
& maneuverable
or because it has as many teeth
as a school of piranhas
or because it relies on a pull
rather than a push
or because it prefers circles
to straight lines
or because it excels
at impromptu reconstitution
or because it encompasses
so much empty space
somehow
it copes.
uh oh, it’s a real poet – look busy!
i appreciate your vote of confidence in my comment-response abilities. it’s just another “coping skill” i acquired along the way. [i am unable to state clearly what way, or to where.] it’s an improvement over the way i would have responded in the past – withdrawing like a startled pill bug.
uh oh, it’s a real poet – look busy!
Heh. Yeah, every time I publish a new poem, my stats dive. Go figure. I should get a goddamn cat or something.
withdrawing like a startled pill bug
Hey, good simile! (See, I knew there was a real poet under the crusty-punk exterior.)
:)