THE WAITING
Tongues
Speaking in Tongues considered. What if language were not merely words, as such,
Read the written poem
Tongues
What if
language
were not
merely words,
as such,
rather intent revealed:
tongues
given a frame
as much
as anything else,
so that the supersession of
the sounds
did not name
the meaning but the mood,
the mind,
a kind of kindling?