An American Sentence

Like a ball bearing in a pinball machine, it went through, and scared me.
Like a ball bearing in a pinball machine, it went through, and scared me.
Sometimes being fresh
is needed.
Like when a toddler
has a dirty diaper
and they make it known
by smearing
their shit upon the wall—
So let’s again try to make each letter,
each word, each phrase,
matter.
If only to stir things up,
let me lick your wonder.