Friday, July 04, 2008

John Crouse & Jim Leftwich

ACT FIVE THOUSAND


children: “the crow walked”

and savages: “down the street”

use only nouns: “one side of”

or names: “his face painted”

of things: “blue the other”

which they: “painted red folks”

convert: “lined the street”

to verbs: “and looked ever”

and apply to: “since tales are”

analogous mental acts: “told of the”

writes emerson: “two crows walking”

in nature: “down the street.”