How did this?
Become this?
We Are Vessels of Surprise
May you be surprised.
May your quotient of surprise
satisfy like enough deep sleep.
May your hour of surprise
be nearly intolerable
and almost impossible to sustain
May that be OK. OK? OK.
So may you tell
your own dumbstruck self,
“OK? OK.”
#smallpoems
And then become this?
And is it so surprising I made this, too?
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I am a huge fan of glimpses into the notebooks (with poet’s approval). I appreciate how subtle word changes (may) completely enhance the tone of the poem’s central query.
Kevin