Come quick
before
it
is
too late.

Swift,
the way
a letter
jumps
onto
the computer
screen,
a small
a
appearing
with a blink

Or the
capital
P,
p
for
Poetry
or

please
come now,
because
it is
almost
dinner
and
if
I
am
caught
writing

if
I
am seen
one more
time
flirting
with
that no-good
language

all their
rigidity
and their
beautiful
l
  i
    b
       e
     r
    a
      t
        i
           o
              n
                 s

look,

if I
can’t
get the
words
to come
out now,

then I will
never