There’s a lot
to be said
for clarity
especially at
2. 3 &
4 a.m.
In order to in-
crease perspective
u need
many people asleep
Mental dis-
engagement
& openness to
suggestion
don’t hurt either
So what can
u see or
figure out?
The future
past & present
for starters
Overall
u must be
ready to learn
to love silence
& whatever u ken
invent in the air
not blowing your
infrequent chance
to be
immaculate
on paper
& so u wait
wait for the
first words
to come on paper
each one of
them
pure
simple & true
……………………
Written around 4 a.m., when I was very ill with asthma (which I later ’outgrew’) back in the early ’80s. The poem wrote itself, as the best work usually does.
(previously published here Jan. 11, 2015)