Do you change the meaning
  in favor of form

Do you add a new comma
  because it’s the norm

Do you shorten the sentence
  because it’s advised

Do you scour the pages
  re-dotting your I’s

Do you read and reread
  again to address

What sure of at first
  and now want to correct

A wise man once said
  and it’s truer today

“The First Cut Is The Deepest”
   —leave your words as they lay

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)