modify this sentence

by doreen peri

Posted to Poetry on 2004-06-29 20:53:00

modify this sentence.
i just need the time and the funds.

how can you modify a sentence
with none of the viable tools
available to use?

i have no clue
how to modify
a sentence.

i do not sit behind a bench,
gavel in hand. i am not the
call made at two minutes
to midnight.

i cannot
govern such things.
modify this sentence.
i am afraid to modify this sentence.

can you do it?
where is the action word?
which is the noun modifier,
the adjective
denoted?

i floated from modification
of vision to simplification
of mission,
blindsided by
the bother.

if i could modify this sentence,
i woud modify it by diagram,
slam it backhanded to a
piece of concrete,

let it alone
to die.

corporal punishment
is comprised of the like.
you could kill a dream
with judgement
or decision.

if you modify me,
i’ll modify my omission
with a shrug.

that’s a sentence, yes..
modify that sentence.
get your blue pencil out.
i just need the funds
and the time
to modify
mine.

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