Why are the words an author chooses so important?

Because they are unique, which in turn makes the book unique.

Hope it helped,

BioTeacher101

idk i just need the points

each morning i wrote my name

on the dusty cabinet, then crossed

the dining table in script, scrawled

in capitals on the backs of chairs,

practicing signatures like scales

while mother followed squirting

linseed from a burping can