Poem: Gameplan

again she quizzes you on how it is you write

and again you have no answer

• But fill in the space just as quickly as you can, she’s asking ‘how’, you worry she’ll get to ‘why’.

Why can’t you just say it comes as you write

(and just as often it does not)/

She’s the same. at least in a relative way…

be thankful that she’s asking and tell her the only one you  n/…