Ahead of the Game

 Ahead of the Game

Sometimes a stanza strays from your theme—

that’s okay. Let it roam. Maybe it’s tomorrow’s poem,

begging your attention.  Allow it to sit in the entryway awhile—

at least long enough for you to hear a few scraps of its story—

imagination may remake the meager into the fanciful.

By the time you next sit at your computer your main character 

could have a feathered hat, a whole row of filigree buttons, 

fur-lined boots and oversized ambition. Uh,oh! 

Might be a full blown Romance! Inevitability could take hold 

as your fingers race the keyboard—

and once again, the poem you began 

is not the one you completed.

—Sef, 3/5/2025