Plus One

Remembering
what you want to say
Forgetting
what you don’t
A writer’s choice
is zero sum
You will
until you won’t

Considering
that time well spent
Brings on 
its just desserts
Consciousness
the poet’s form
Twice forward
— once reversed

(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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