The word forms
on the left: you must
stand in line. Speech
is as swift as a synapse
but acquisition of same
is as long
as I am old
rat______on the first floor landing of
the three-decker
________(grey)
black____cat a peck of storage batteries
'fore
________I die
cabbage__my friend Cabbage, with whom
to bake potatoes up
________Fisher's Hill
rust_____in the bed of Beaver Brook --
from the junk in it
And the iris ("flags," we called 'em)
And the turtle I was surprised by
up to last night's dream, the long brown body pleased
I kissed her buttock curve
Interiors,
and their registration
Words, form
but the extension of
content
Style, est verbum
The word
is image, and the reverend reverse is
Eliot
Pound
is verse