A THOUSAND CREEPING FINGERS by William Pauley III

~ A THOUSAND CREEPING FINGERS ~
william pauley III

I’m distracted by light.

I’m an insect,
just as we’re all insects.

The more I realize and accept this,
the faster I work,
the faster my little insect digits type.

I will continue to spit ink onto pages
until all of these goddamn creatures crawling around in my brain
have vanished.

Words are parasites,

and I’m infes…