Kind of a riff on the black box theory of linguistics (not that I've read much Chomsky!), this one kind of tumbled out of the mind/voice when I pondered Ableton Live's "Follow Action" feature, which allows for random scrambling of audio after "warping" and "slicing" to MIDI. Truth be told! Something, at least, for April poetry fools.

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 Why do our words still 
 flow out of our mouths
 in some linear fashion?
  
 My no precedes your yes
 like a [reverse] caravan
 but doesn’t have to
  
 My yes could just as easily
 follow your no
 My vice after your versa
  
 Why don’t we speak
 all words at once
  
 all words at once
 all words
 all words at once
 all words
  
 Either big bang
 or fiery crashing
  
 I have a Borg Cube in my chest
 before I utter a word
  
 now a ball of yarn in front of my mouth
 a hairball of words 


                                            --Jr. James

like a caravan

My no precedes your yes

follow your no

My yes could just as easily

but doesn’t have to

My vice after your versa

Why don’t we speak

all words at once

before I utter a word

a hairball of words

all words at once

now a ball of yarn in front of my mouth

all words

Either big bang

all words at once

all words

or fiery crashing

I have a Borg Cube in my chest