Shall we see where words go,
shall we follow them down the rabbit-hole?
Chasing after them hither, thither and then
letting them go so that we can
chase after them again:
Wild words in their habitat,
untamed metaphors, predatory adjectives
that scathe and scorn
mock and disdain,
meld and compound and
are made new again:
To enchant and suborn
to make known to us our
own feelings, thoughts and..
once we’ve heard the words
express themselves,
once we’ve listened to them,
we re-enter the eternal quest;
Shall we see where words go,
Shall we follow them down the rabbit-hole?
The fascination for words is an important facet of the poet’s aesthetics and craft.The poem deftly conveys this fascination.Love the allusion to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.