6 Per Day
They were permitted six per day.
Six words, that is.
Six whole words to speak—
in whichever way they saw fit.
You may be wondering why
I have already surpassed six words.
You are confused.
I am not a member of the “they”
to which the title refers.
I am an “I”.
I am the omnipresent narrator.
I get as many words as I want to tell their story.
I choose seventy-three.