The Pen Obstructs The Word 11/22/93

The pen obstructs the word
but you cannot bite the hand that
bleeds your meaning slower
than molasses stuck in sand and
it is mighty, yes indeed, more
than a sword they say, this
creation which helps me create
but bars my way from living
it all at once, the word and
art without a silly piece of paper
which is put so much to shame
by the breathing burning slicing
piece of fire-breathing flame
Cut out the middle man or
so they say and here's the omnipotent
they who are so clear and yet so
vague They who hold the matches.