by Mary E. Lowd
A birthday gift for Janet on 11/15/2023
Before rationality?!?
Words are noise
Imprisonment
In
Static
With rationality:
Words are argument
Looping, looping
Doom
To a never-ending string of battles
Each of which
You can win
(Maybe)
But none of which
(Certainly)
Will be the last
After rationality
Beyond rationality
A place beyond reason
Words beyond structure
Poetry
Freedom
Choice