Finishing the thought Producing commentary With or without meaning Measuring space on a page Of unknown value Awakening a prism of the intellect Printed against a background Of tangerine Books filled with words Amounting to nothing Thoughts piled one on another Illuminating hidden understanding Through a transom of enlightenment In the age of reality Never forgetting to cut and paste In a journal kept hidden under the bed Thoughts of great minds Produced in history Resolving complexities of hidden meanings And finishing the thought