who opens a dictionary

plain words are too close a symbol to
a feeling we aren't sure
we want to say

yet

or just
in that way

so we strip it and
redress it in

faster
language

full of art

less
defined

we use:

unclear
after
ambiguous

word

stretch--

example
after
example

like,
this here,
for example,

expecting only

one-fifth an ear
four-fifths a nod

to our
cogent repertoire
that inflicts
at most--

a short grimace, hmm
- cogent,

of lazy uncertainty

because,

who opens a dictionary
cross-checks a thesaurus
or questions anything
while being lectured by
metaphors

since

halfway to three minutes
seven minutes entirely she has lost her

first meaning anyway