31 | "Buzz-tools" [pantoum]

If in words we must speak
these symbols that sound
if thoughts we must seek
as we curl on the ground
these symbols that sound
buzz-tools with soft edges
as we curl on the ground
by meaningful hedges

buzz-tools with soft edges
in tones grown congenial
by meaningful hedges
or meaningless finial
in tones grown congenial
or stifling for sameness
or meaningless finial
or popular lameness

or stifling for sameness
or peppered with feints
or popular lameness
or out-of-style ain'ts
or peppered with feints
shall we salt it with Greek
or out-of-style ain'ts
if in words we must speak?



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This is no. 31 in a sequence, Early Autumn Pantoums