The Little Voice

If I write more
than a squib a day
and only post one
I’ll never catch up
with myself
I hear the little voice saying
“That’s the plan”
but I don’t know
what that means

I don’t want to lose the words

I don’t want to lose the words
even though I know
there’s always more.
I got up at 4 in the morning
to pee
then stayed up to write
four poem squibs
no wait with this one
five
wore out myself enough
to go back to sleep
until the later morning

Oval Squib

Fell asleep with words
woke with them configured
lying in the bed
like an egg delivered in sleep
that perfect oval squib
with two centers
explicit and implicit
as with every oval
every thought

when I write right

when I write right
to keep it tight
like words in song
to sing along
some won’t fit
and this ain’t it

Conditionally Operational

What I do
is nothing new.
Lots of people
do it too.