"so I wrote this own my phone" just now -- first new work since 4 October -- gotta get back into doing one-a-day

so I write this on my phone

so I wrote this on my phone

words with magnets

hung on metal

in a sequence

that changes every instant
or in even every fraction

of an instant
hung on metal

that corrodes as quickly

as it’s forged or plated

and words hung on metal

change meaning

and their own language

in corrosion of the metal

or from rust after a rain

so I write this on my phone

and tap it to highlight it

and copy to paste it

onto ancient parchment

so this is how I limit

the longevity of the word

before it moves into eyes

and into ears and through minds

to another meaning