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Allen Itz
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Three Little Words
usually,
that's all it takes,
three little words, and I'm off,
like a racehorse, bolting from the gates,
heading for the homestretch.
sometimes,
I'm like Lucy and Ethel
boxing candy at the factory,
with three little words and three little words
and three little words and three little words
coming faster and faster
and I can't keep up and half are lost
forever.
other times,
like a cat lying in high grass,
I wait, maybe for days,
for the three little words,
then, in a flash, I have them,
and the cat leaps
and in a flurry of feathers,
the job is done.
lately,
finding the three little words
that will get me started
is like digging in beach sand
at high tide, fighting the surf
to find the treasure buried below
the noisy tides of distraction
that engulf me,
the minutia of my everyday life.
like today,
trying to set it all aside,
working hard for those
three little words.
~Allen Itz
Allen's work also appears in many ezines, including The Horsethief's Journal, Alchemy, Avante Garde Times, Maelstrom, Dynamic Patters, The Melic Review, Neiderngasse, Nectarzine, and others, and on several forums, including the Blueline Poetry Forum. Email.
© 2001 by Allen Itz. All Rights Reserved.
© 2000-2002 by Cayuse Press. All Rights Reserved.
This page updated April 30, 2002.