A mantra sets in with just one word.
A dream can end with just one word.
A human’s lifetime of asking questions
—why?—will begin with just one word.
The babysitter fastened baby’s diaper
and made him grin with just one word.
A rude, intrusive busybody got under
the neighbor’s skin with just one word.
Tell the bartender pouring gin and tonic
“how many parts gin” with just one word.
As the crescendo builds, the wicked villain
in the film commits sin with just one word.
Teacher, you have learned over and over
that one fails to listen with just one word.