Prefer to Write

Prefer to Write

Bob Komives

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'prefer to write
not to speak
failing often
to voice a fact,
find example,
a metaphor
to illustrate
the complex point
we try to make
before target ears have gone;
and yet will write
try to tell
of talking well,
in words so good
no silent page
as good ever;
of listening,
so well in tune
no silent read
as tuned ever;
of sounds in words
hidden paths
in voice with acts
that written words
at best attempt
to re-create,
to illustrate
in simple tale
we want to tell
before target eyes have gone.

Bob Komives :: Fort Collins © 1998 :: Prefer to Write :: ,9804