Kit Kelen #538 - the fully punctuated poem

538

the fully punctuated poem

as in a whalebone corset

proof of a certain century's dark

labours under heavy sentence

far far from the speech of folk

or you could say the law before

something like a government office

but you forgot which schedule

and your ignorance is no excuse

a cannon is aimed at the heart

in panoply of flimsy form

bravely beavered up

the fully punctuated poem

dates back to Year Dot

begins with a headline trumpet blare

goes on with line initial caps

as in that German Awe of the Abstract

Herr Doktor Doktor Professor

all eager for the treat

faces washed, brushed bushy tails

and has no feet at all

more!

suit and tie

and what a feast!

Morse yearning

Braille in depth of page

but I say semaphore

wave wildly

three sheets to

the fully punctuated poem

thinks itself already stone

then I'm the lichen

I'm the moss

I cross my t's and dot my i's

stickle for spelling as well

but I like my music flown from the stave

and stepping off the feint ruled lines

into ever thinner air

my drawl requires its own notation

I'll keep you posted here