I am a poet who cannot spell I prefer to love words with my lips, my tongue the inflection in my voice
its not that I don't like writing the action of ink on paper but sometimes I **** up and I injure a strong colorful word with my pen and the shame of this is enough to keep me distraught if only for a few moments
because I love words all words especially the vibrant ones
I love the soft curve of their voluptuous vowels and their sharp corners consonant collarbones
I love the words who's many meanings swiss-army swap them into sentences where you would not expect to find them
I love soft words who hiss past teeth with a susurrus and I love long complicated words with edges that could cut. you. right. open. with vitriolic intent
I could have chosen any one of dozens of lovely words to fill that space but I chose one that I could not spell
Maybe it wouldn't be so hard if I didn't always write in pen but I am a stubborn man who finds it easier to forgive a few misspellings than to live with the knowledge that all he has written will someday smear