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 is 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 small words to pick
the padlocks
on the big thoughts.
