another one from leadcharacter

i like leadcharacter's work so much so here i am, posting another one of his creative literary piece. he's on a roll. way to go my friend. can't wait for more.


scvngr hnt

wk p 1 mrnng
wtht my vwls.
frz n bd tryng t
rmmbr whr thy cld’v gn.
th ‘o’ cm shootng ot of
my moth whn th frntc
scrm bllowd ot of
my throt. bt th rst
ws stll mssng.
prhps from bng drnk
th prvos nght thy slppd
off my fngrs, nd lost thm
to the hlf-opn moth
of the gttr.
rtcd my stps thn
nd fond ‘e’ nder the
thrty-yer-old chco tree
n the neghborhood. Bwled my
eyes ot, bcus ‘e’ shold hve
been fond lst. fortntely,
‘a’ wnt rnnng after me
lke a lost chld.
so now, wth
‘a,’ ‘o,’ ‘e’
tethered scurely
n my wake, my feet took
me to my old nversty
where a vowel was held hostage.
had to haggle wth the
professors to have t rcovered.
after threats of gnfre,
they retrned ‘u,’
barely the way
t was, but nonetheless
usable. so here we are
now, my sweet darlng.
that was several years
ago. my legs are
dead tred from all those
travels that, for the
most part, rendered me
speechless. because
the last one, the one
vowel that makes me
vald,
s stll mssng.