(lstword)

First word
doesn’t sound
so good –
opening sentence
even worse.
Simple minded
I’d say –
I’ll not be enticed
down that uncertain
line of thought.
Show me something
clever,
better yet
signs of genius.
Then maybe
I’ll pay attention,
listen to what
I have to say.

Won’t go
until I know
where it is
going –
can’t recall
that that is all
until I come
along –
word pops out
like a little goose
in a briar bush,
“follow me,”
he whispers
then darts away –
and the only
way to know
where he is
going
is to follow.

1/22/99