One day it occurred
to the Members of the Body
they did all the work
and the Belly got all the food.
Strike, Strike
said the Hands
swiftly and at once.
So everyone did.
Except the Ear who knew
that the world may be wide
but it is deep within us.
While the Eyes, fools as usual,
couldn’t bear to look,
and began almost at once
to dream.
And the Tongue at its tip
began to taste its own silence.
Bruce Taylor is the former Poet Laureate of Eau Claire and host of the Spoken Art reading series at the Janet Carson Gallery.
Eau Claire, WI 54703
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