"In The Land Without Adjectives"

in the fall the King

parsimonious

forbade all adjectives from

attaching

to any stone or growing flowing thing



henceforth

the grove had to own the shade or hue

could not be it

or seem

and you

also could not slide

thoughtlessly into that nuance so much fancied then

but had

to swallow quick

and say

I

clasp

now

 it