from a work in progress: “process, not a journey”(59)
of course it’s never either or
a yes a no one path or some other
no matter how far you attempt to see
before it bends in the brush
or how detailed the pro con list
you lay out with little checks
primly contained in tightly drawn boxes
your life is always cluttered
with could haves would haves buts
yets and never-minds
all the vaguely grey spaces
where it’s troublesome to see
as if your smudged glasses were removed
in order to clean the day’s detritus
away and what blurred clarity
you possessed expands and smears
toward an ever-darkening horizon
(May 2, 2020)
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