To Want

*Note, this inspiration was taken from a most excellent book called North River by Pete Hamill.

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To want. Everyone's first verb.

This is the glue to the paper of
all first sentences,
the slim grasping thought that
documents our first glance up
from the mud.
To want,
the story of all humans
in a syllable,
of all things, really,
but humans distinguish themselves
by pointing out so clearly
and with such longing
the underbelly of inspiration.

I want, too.
I want. I want. I want.