Larry Huggins

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words just waiting


Words just waiting
for you to have your way with them.
Finger getting ready to probe
the recesses of your mind.
Now finger to mouth
to gain wetness.
Now pencil to mouth
to gain wetness
to seek the connection
from body to paper.
Then sliding down the body
of the work
just to make sure,
just to make sure
that the paper is ready to receive
the words.
And the words are just waiting
for you to have your way with them.


Copyright 1996, Larry Huggins


Larry Huggins lives in Bellevue, WA, and works for the Seattle Department of
Transportation. He has completed Jana Harris' advance poetry writing series,
University of Washington Extension Program.