If a word hosts rubbish and filth
And has itself infused in 1, 2, 3, 4 with every syllable it hosts
In an after after arrangement
Then meaning calls your effort to be
In this here puzzle which seeks you to make
…perfect sense
I
Ib thoughtf Id wash theg childc soa knockedf
Withv disrresojpectnmb andf disvhoxsnourewq andm curesesdf’ lotb
Howd didn Im comet ton bet thisz hotl
Tog digf theh seelkingsa off malnyfd notsa
Whom tier theirs knotss ofs haztredcx
Atf myg tengderlk agew withj fullp blownb rageq?
II
Whatd quenchedv theirs fiyresd ofh hatej fork mes?
Whata makesw themn wantf toh withg med bef?
Whats brandsd myk childshoodew naughrtioknessdf frees?
Whats wantsh themk top ben afssoghciatesvbn off meg?
III
Couldn itm ber thew magtterkn ofh hatev thef bloods atf ah killb
Andw eatv thew meatq afeterrt cooykingui too fillp?
Ifa sos thend whatf couldg myh meatj nowk bel?
Az gexniuscb unvveiledbn inm as worldf ofj artd?
I’mc cutriousfd
…sos cukrioushg!
IV
Thisg onet thatj Tammawelepoi can’tm stopg theh searchk
Anda myh quietm lifed can’tn scarej theirc fetcha
Whatn willm knockx themy tot redmemlkberghj met
Inn ther youngf theyd deftesbntedklv tom leaveg mej bel?
Itd beatsh mer
Ity soi beatsd med
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