You know so little of me,
so now advise and consent,
your knowing in advance,
a midfielder from another century,
closer to my end,
nearer my god,
than thee

simple ridiculous
being (n)at this point,
last few chapters,
on the human dual continuums^

of lost and found,
junctured, forked,
needy of deciding,
but that ******* fate
won't let you off the hook,
ever
~
once, a pumping artery
became but modest vein,
now reductio ad absurdum
to a tiny capillary,
to do the work
of two grown man
~
once again,
found myself reincarnated,
as a work in progress,
without the necessary and the  insufficient
time to make real headway,
no time left for true progression,
hoping to squeeze one more solution
from this man's equation
~
my poor mind
is my river,
so mind
the sailing craft called poetry,
a small ketch to keep moi afloat,
desperate avoiding the backwash wakes
of larger enemy ships of state,
who gladly try to drown me
for pleasure
~
poetry keeps me afloat,
like me, part of me, all of me,
always a work in progress
until not