now, I reach
for simplicity.
Don't want to say
any more
than I need to.
Don't need
to be Tolkien
to imagine "all's not lost."
Now is not the time
to weave
a complicated plot;
now is the time to ration
all the skillful
means I've got.
Only the melody
ought to get a solo;
only a splash
of Scotch for these rocks
Only the sharp keys
of short words
to pick the padlocks
on my big thoughts.
