in which I write someone else's poetry

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ellen_kushner wrote on Facebook: "Don't slow things down with explanations now."
-- line from a sonnet? or just good advice as I draft the opening chapters of my new novel proposal? #amwriting #amsharing #process

I didn’t write a sonnet but I did write a poem.

Comments

[batyatoon]

In real life, no one talks of how things work
Until they break; the coffee's just a prop
To smoothly pass or fumble with a jerk,
To fill the silences when all words stop.
The broken yellow line is running on
As fine and smooth as though it weren't broken;
As though the road behind us weren't gone,
The road ahead still one of trust unspoken.
It's far too soon to speak, or else too late;
There's nothing we can change by saying so.
We have a place to get to that won't wait,
And time is short, as you and I both know.
The where's no more important than the how.
Don't slow things down with explanations now.

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*loves*