More often I have them, then easier
I am to read. Sentences run shorter.
Sometimes just phrases. May seem squeezier
at first glance. But works if I’m reporter
or poet. Can move audiences. Or
so I hear. Mostly I’m declarative.
It’s how I state my simple case before
the public eye. Rarely imperative
language slips through. I tell someone what to
do. Once I chanced an utterance. To share
the moment. Like Juliet’s Ay me! No
exclamation point, though. I try to spare
passion. Critics complain it's very odd
I never question. I won’t. Period.
Roger Armbrust
May 2, 2010
