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PEN STATION
“Style means the right word. The rest matters little.”
—Jules Renard
Terminus,
Parole Express Line.
From the gray North
all passengers emanate.
Their unique callings to fulfill.
Anticipating perfect placement.
I, the Word Spotter,
must organize
all who disembark.
Assuring each new arrival
fulfills their maximum potential
in harmony with the others.
Travellers roll in
often already sorted.
By spirit conductor seated
to be simply released.
Assuming predestined spaces.
By Apollo assigned.
Others in disarray come.
Their puzzling together
weeks of labor requires.
Not one piece hopefully forced.
Knowing with reason they came
saves abandon from despair.
Barring seasons
when trains run empty.
Down inspirations conduit
they anxiously course.
Dreams conjuring beauty, love
understanding, pain assuaged.
—Jules Renard
Terminus,
Parole Express Line.
From the gray North
all passengers emanate.
Their unique callings to fulfill.
Anticipating perfect placement.
I, the Word Spotter,
must organize
all who disembark.
Assuring each new arrival
fulfills their maximum potential
in harmony with the others.
Travellers roll in
often already sorted.
By spirit conductor seated
to be simply released.
Assuming predestined spaces.
By Apollo assigned.
Others in disarray come.
Their puzzling together
weeks of labor requires.
Not one piece hopefully forced.
Knowing with reason they came
saves abandon from despair.
Barring seasons
when trains run empty.
Down inspirations conduit
they anxiously course.
Dreams conjuring beauty, love
understanding, pain assuaged.
Published 27th Aug 2018
| Edited 28th Aug 2018
Author's Note
Inspired by the "Blood in the Inkwell" competition.
All writing remains the property of the author. Don't use it for any purpose without their permission.
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28th Aug 2018 8:20pm
You have style, and wit, to spare, Gahdess. I enjoyed this thoroughly. Good luck with the comp!
28th Aug 2018 10:25pm
Thank you do much Sir Crow! I think the same of your writing. Was this piece comprehensible?
29th Aug 2018 7:02pm
Made sense to me. The Word Spotter is a writer observing his surroundings for new material. Am I right?
29th Aug 2018 10:35pm
Anonymous
29th Aug 2018 11:57pm
Seeing things through the word spotters eyes makes everything richer - where things are seen beneath just mere surface and the mind is kept alive.
Brilliant Bob :)
Brilliant Bob :)
30th Aug 2018 1:44am
Thank you do much Sophie! I love your profound comment! I can go for days searching for the right word...especially when composing a haiku/senryu. There are people in our lives that make words come much easier ;) ...I chose to call them "spirit conductors" in this piece.
