tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11409264.post-1111118258783098292005-03-17T22:54:00.000-05:002005-03-17T22:58:34.646-05:00<b>National Geographic - July Issue</b> <br /><br />I'm tired of stale <br />bedridden words, <br />tired of using <br />this drooling, limp pen. <br /><br />I need a new pen; I need <br />a Costa Rican wasp pen. <br />Her stinger stabs a spider <br />and then her babes emerge <br />and devour the stiff spider <br />like starving children sucking <br />marrow from old soup bones. <br /><br />I want a pen this cold-blooded. <br />I want words that sting and devour. <br />I want to write with this wasp. <br />I want her to conjugate me a swarm.<br /><br />Copyright 2005-Dan CampbellDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03001603074267625972noreply@blogger.com