VERSLIBRE (a "v" dictionary page poem) by Kelly Wantuch

 

A bright red                                                   wavy worm

       thin like                                                 spaghetti

         quarrels                                             its  native

             tongue                                        moving

                freely                                    fleeing the                 

             vermiculite                            between the   

                 paint and                         the concrete   

                   far enough                   up the toe        

                      of a fickle               owl versifying        

                          the bible           during  the        

                             priest’s        services         

                                   in Verona like

                                         Jules

                                        Verne