you’re the only one capable of three typos
in a four lettered word
and get away with it.
you mean love?
I mean lust.
are you sure?
maybe lure?
so you admit.
shit.
maybe last
of summers passed,
maybe long?...
that would be wrong,
typos two and rhyming song.
life, leaf, lost and leer and lone?
screak or scream or screw...
or spawn?
imperfect rhyme.
imperfect typo.
touché.
touché.
what are we doing here?
doing nothing. making love.
with words?
imperfect words.
perfect love.
after, when words lost any of their intended meaning,
any meaning at all
and classical grammar bartered itself with a series of disarticulated grunts
and the sun descended beneath your belly
disregarding neighbors abusive of broom handles
and ceilings.
it does not change a thing,
you’re still capable of three typos
in a four lettered word
and get away with it.
you mean lust?
I mean love. Oops.
so a thing... did change. typo?
life.
Author notes
contrary to my long, self-established "standard", in this poem the narrator is in italics and the partner in normal font.
oh, yes, for you, the occasional browsing reader who doesn't really care for reading and understanding - do us both a favor, please, and don't browse unless if you wish to read 
thank you.
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Seriously playful ...
or playfully serious: as always captivating.
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just browsing some of your fine wordcraft worthy of reading.
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I know someone who is the King of Typos (a poet on this site) and he never fails to make me laugh and another with whom he and I have a special relationship withthe letter L. But on a more serious note, I find myself reading your poem with my head on one side, nodding reflectively.
I am a self-confessed browser, and need to give myself a good kick now and then and comment more often. So here I am... commenting
Wonderful piece. But then, it's only what I expected.
~ crisstiena ♦
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long time no see, crisstiena. glad to see you on my banks again, if only for a furtive dip thank you
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So, I am one of those who read your standard and nonstandard. Four lettered word typos?
You are incredible, I mean... the meaning behind all words... you know what I mean when I say Perfect Poetry (this is not a typo and not a mess with a caps lock) 
~Sonja~
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i know Perfect Poetry, i am in love with it
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Your first three lines are some of the very finest ever produced in modern literature, bar none. This from a browser AND a reader.
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this one, unique browser AND reader, is one of the finest humans and poets ever born
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Are ya tryin' to mess with my impeccable levels of humility & decorum??? 
Thank you, dearest Scribe...& I can easily, EASILY say the same of you, my fine & elegant Friend.
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lovely and light as air this one, Joe - in the end all the l-words equals love as you've shown us here.
~ Nicolette
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in the end, if we wish it, ALL the words equal LOVE, my dear friend
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