perfection
construction
and scheme
place before me
each their challenge
and I shall attempt
to conquer them all
one by one
with yet another
heart felt dream
I love originality so much
even though my many too long winded works
may not so readily show it
which pales me to wonder
what would the night be without the moon
and all her entourage of stars
all set adrift to romantically glow
a very lonely place
no doubt
as life is irony
that breaths and laughs
we its gangly crutches
that only manage to trip up and
hinder its steady progress........
(Jan. 9, 2000)