Poetry by Levi Wagenmaker

I.

Latin

a dead language
sub a Latin word
fauces is another
suffocation
words breathe while
breath is spent on them
the spoken word has life
dictionaries
are a form of burial
pawky meaning
dryly humorous or shrewd
not often heard or read
the written word
one wonders
is it comatose at best
voices resuscitate
so say it say it

pawky

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