all perspective
standpoint, viewpoint
morals and the crushing bind
of rules

boundaries are there
to push, test their limits
their elasticity, their snap
back when you find
too far

rule bound, hide bound
tucked in books and corners
words viewed, twisted, used
in a thousand ways
not intended

and yet
they will holler
for the sanctitude and grace
of the author
those zealots of the printed, modified
word, harbingers of flame and insistence
they will call and laud names

safe
 
in the knowledge
that time and death has been
this way before 

About the Author

Douglas C. Pugh

Douglas Pugh lives in Northern Ontario with a logical wife and an insane menagerie. He likes to believe that he fills the gap in the middle. Bleeding words onto a page help with his delusion. When he’s not writing, he’s probably painting or out riding his bike. And thinking about writing more.