Thesaurus

I wrote this poem in the middle of working on the final revisions for Paul's Dream. I'd been sifting through the thesaurus looking for another word for fire, and it occurred to me that a lot of the words I was coming across worked together pretty well. So, because my brain was already fried anyway, I took a break to write a poem and posted it on my blog.

It was totally worth it.

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Thesaurus

warm
hard
pain
pleasure

deep
thrust
strain
treasure

arch
clutch
rain
rapture

hot
cold
gone
fracture

gone?
no
wait!
bastard

Originally posted on Rowan's Ramblings in August, 2007.

Thesaurus © 2007 by Rowan McBride. All rights reserved. This work may not be reproduced in whole or in part without author's permission.

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