on the page. it matters when
you put words on the page.
how much breathing
room a word needs.
how much space.
it matters where you put
words.
how you speak them. it
matters
how they make a home
in the skin. on the tongue.
with murmur and whisper,
entreaty and shouting and
song.
some words are seeds,
others are hammers.
some are dry as sand, or
wet as kisses.
all these things matter.
this is how you make a mark.
this is how you write
a poem. or begin one.
