one word to sum
a multiple plural not acronyms
fifteen hundred poets wax poetic here
crowd this kooky little corner
on this shrinking perfect sphere
I need one word to sum

-can't begin with an L
-can't end in -iss
photo and emojis are not one voice
and clumped all together
look like noise to me
I'll find one word to sum

fifteen hundred of you rattling the cage
you being plural are me understood
if I hijacked all the anima with care to
exclude none
turn the crank atop the winepress
my mission still would fail
and to fabricate the perfect word
costs more than twenty bucks
yet I need one word to sum

a placeholder is in order here
a temp worker minus the benefit plan
one to do the work of fifteen hundred
pays interest on the loan
I'd be just as pleased instead to trade
two dirts for every stone
more to the point on valentine's day
two embrace for every poems

and as to that -one word thing I was
all consumed about
I'm pleased to say this valentine's day
pleased to say I'm stuck!

[ happy ordinary days to everyone as well ]