Ode To the Poeters Obsessiveness

Thoughts honed to a razor’s edge The dictionary and thesaurus be my whetstones Set atop my stalwart quadrupedal aide Pulverized hemlocks be my stationary cohort A hewn cedar be cylindrical partner in rhyme A sooty viscous slurry be my workmate The milky sap of the arborist companion be my reviser Time; unlimited; to be committed to sonnetifcation Mete by minute or by days…to precompose To choreograph the mind’s breadth of complexity To see the inferences…laid out; covertly or overtly Upon reaching a draft of my pre-thoughts; spelt out To reave the uncomplicatedness from each line Leaving nothing unprinted upon the page.