Give me your favorite words.

[milo]

Some words I Never Put into a Poem
(but always wanted to)


Cuneiform is a way of writing
far before I’ve ever written
or you were here to read

Purlicue is that meaty section
between your thumb and fingers
where you might rest your pen
(if you even use such things)
or couch against your lip
when you get nervous

Mandelbrot is what infinity
might look like,
if it wasn’t so large.

A tarn is a small lake
reflecting the moon’s face
isolated by the mountains
more beautiful for being alone

and a crucible is a pot
so strong they use it to melt steel
(or an uncommonly awkward situation)
so I ask that you stay a while.