Wrestling With A Poem (Part 2) Poem by Bryan Corbett

then, like Sisyphus,
start pushing the word
up the hill again…

push the word
pull the word
tease the word
twist the word
trash the word
drop the word
pick up the word
shove the word
cram the word
mangle the word
strangle the word
scream at the word
kill the word
erase the word

                      write the word down, again

defy the word
imply the word
replace the word
deface the word
scratch out the word
underline the word
italicize the word
bold the word
conjugate the word
the word is
the word was
the word will be
shame the word
curse the word

forget the word



crumple the paper