The Word of the Year

Mike Bell/ November 8, 2018/ www.mikebellpoems.com/ 0 comments

So there it is –
single-use –
the Word of the Year –

almost invisible
if not asked
what it means –

its weight
in the mouth –
on the lips –
a negligible act

but what a
colossus of burden
out of that place –
screwing the planet