Assignments just became Exercises. I think the category’s new name is both more approachable and closer to its nature.
The most awful responsibility on earth
Print this out and tape it to your bathroom mirror.
Implication
Lines only exist as descriptions; it’s the same with words
which flare into being and vanish,
straining against vacuum.
Identify poetry
Identify the poetry of every moment.
You Name It!
“Ok, what I need to know is,”
his hands shake,
“are you going to help,”
he’s flailing his arms now,
“with this scene, or not?”
The reply is a slap.