Speechless ~ Poetics ~ dVersePoets

damn...tongue thick, swollen
no saliva to save my soul
no thought, no thinking

wordless, spent
mind wonders, trips, blips
no spit

still frame nightmares
grainy, wide-eyed
overacted

retracted
statement mislead
by subtitles

not mine
that's fine
steal the words
absurd-

-ity races
dictionary
pictionary

get me my crayons!

It's Poetics with Sheila Moore over at the pub today, and wouldn't you know it...I've been left speechless by the prompt! The silent film era and all it encompasses...visit dVerse and see if you don't do me one better! For better or for worse...sometimes you just gotta write!