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The Words I Will Not Write

June 3, 2012
By leaf44 PLATINUM, Rehoboth, Massachusetts
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&quot;Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense.&quot;<br /> &quot;Be careful, or you&#039;ll end up in my novel.&quot;

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These are the words
That I will not write
This is the poem
That I will not pen.

This is the page
That ink will not mar.
This is the blank abyss
That color will not stain.

I will not etch it out
In words plain to see
For it is not something
One can read.

These are the words
That I will not write
For those words are useless –
Porous vessel for the meaning.

© Michael H., Mildford, CT

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