WORDS
Reading edition
Words—words— Why are you forever fencing? And if you must fence Cannot you use something else Besides words! Do you remember the last night? We talked so madly— Words again And then more words. It all seemed a tangled net of words. You were trying to convince me of something (God knows what) And I was trying to answer intelligently And keep my end up. But somehow and suddenly Our words meant so little; Then you leaned forward And your knee touched mine And after that my thoughts blurred And our words meant nothing.