On the Opening of Magic Words (and all words are magic) - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

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On the Opening of Words

 

I love to open words, and so do you:

Old words growled by our fathers in the fens

Smooth words polished on the tables of the Law

Neologisms laughed into being over beer

 

Words cadenced on the bloody fields of Mars

Words whispered on the perfumed pillows of Venus

Words prayed around the Altar of our God

Words breathed in pain on the last day of all

 

I love to open words, and so do you

Our words, our holy words, both old and new