words about words

I seem to be obsessed with writing words about words, which seems a bit silly - kind of like a dog chasing its own tail. Here's the thing about obsessions: they can't readily be explained.  All I can tell you is that sitting down to write, and letting whatever words show up have their space is fun. Even more than fun. Try it. Here are some words that showed up today.

A People of Words

Words burble

over bulbous lips,

spill and slather

over jutted chins,

run in rivulets

of orange and ochre

over sternum,

cascade down

curvaceous thighs

onto fat toes,

pooling into

puddles of thought

to splash and to

rush across grass,

across county,

across country.

Let it here be
recorded that
we are a

people of words

and we will

not be quieted.
     -Kimberly Laustsen