The Words - Amy Elizabeth Robinson

[Larry Robinson]

The Words 

white hot and insufficient
continue to fly	the words fly
from the corners of
forgotten
not-forgotten houses	the 
words
flame red and inconsistent

insist 

on being said		the words
insist on resolutions 
vaguely made 
sometime last … do you remember?
that fall flat			
jet black 
and incandescent		the words
refuse to be 
		lifted
refuse our reasons refuse to be used
the words fail us fail me fail October
yet everyone is talking about the fire

my seven-year-old quietly says

	- Amy Elizabeth Robinson
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