authenticity is not a workshop subject

ain't a dialect

or something

to be taken

for granted

how many voices

in your inner ear

have deceived you

how many times

have you stepped

     in it

but refuse to show it

you carry the stink

like anybody

in spite of it

origins make the obvious

an easy blind spot

give it enough time

& the words have a way

of elevating themselves

above the repetitious

so it's probably better

to just keep walking

picking up those

not found yet participles

scattering off a volley

of buckshot angst

as it comes to you

eventually all the roads

become footpaths

where the feet become the imprint

touching the earth

never to be taken for granted

--- e b bortz