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# Brave Words of Youth - 1996
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- Published: 2024-10-20T13:31:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-29T13:07:14.000Z
- Author: Daniel Rutberg
- Tags: Poetry, perfection, seeking, Writing, #Migrated-1782738355072, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-29 09:05

the words of my first poems

held me in their serpentine grip

hypnotized

by their weaving

and swaying

under their influence

as if in a drug induced state

the words and I would leap

from tall buildings into the sky

and soar toward the sun

as often as not

their wax wings

would melt in the heat

and with them

I would come crashing down to earth