is life, observed or experienced, but
keenly felt, modifying thought and
reactions fraught with meaning,
bought with nouns caught up as verbs,
sounds gurgling out, blasting visions
that flash about without an adverb
to distract or an adjective to subtract,
and any possessives or articles, like
freckles, sprinkled judiciously, always
deliciously scant, the words magic,
drawing you in, panting for more.
first published in Illinois State Poetry Society
©2016 Bonnie Manion