Punctuated / Interwoven
Punctuated
So long(.)
Since I’ve tried courting(,/;)
I’ll leave(.)
The decision(’)s for you(./,)
To make the best choice(./,)
You must know about the fishes and birds.
I am a bird(.)
Who says(?/,)
“I fly close to heaven(”)
(“)And hunt you,
(“)But don’t(.”)
Think I’m a bird(?/;)
I am a fish(.)
Who drowns in his doubts(?/.)
I do(.)
Your beauty(:)
Injustice.
I am whichever one of these(;)
That you are not(.)
A bird or a fish should not matter.
Dammit.
27 November 2003
punc·tu·ate (pŭngk’chōō-āt’) v. -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates. 1. To provide (a text) with punctuation marks. 2. To interrupt periodically. 3. To emphasize or stress.*
Interwoven
So long
Since I’ve tried courting
I’ll leave
The decisions for you
To make the best choice
You must know about the fishes and birds.
I am a bird
Who says
“I fly close to heaven
And hunt you,”
But don’t
Think I’m a bird
I am a fish
Who drowns in his doubts
I do
Your beauty
Injustice.
I am whichever one of these
That you are not
A bird or a fish should not matter.
Dammit.
27 November 2003
in·ter·weave (ĭn’tәr-wēv’) v. –wove (wōv’), -wo·ven (wō’vĕn), -weav·ing, -weaves. –vt. 1. to weave together. 2. To blend together: intermix. –vi. To intertwine.*
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*Source: Webster’s II New Riverside Dictionary. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988.