What Is Written
It must fit the
narrative.
It must skirt the
taboo.
New and not derivative,
And not too tough to
chew.
Isn’t this always the case?
It must not be too
much;
It cannot be something
base;
It must be safe to touch.
Who is doing the
chewing?
That is a key question.
By whose jaws are we gaging,
What’s abstruse
expression?
And what is original?
When is something stolen,
Or origin mystical?
Is creation beholden?
Yes, some things should
not be said.
But the what or the why…
Which should control what
is read?
Shouldn’t it be the why?
And what story herds
the facts?
What tells us how it
fits?
What is the spine in
our backs?
What makes a whole of
the bits?
It must fit us.
It must limit us.
It must shape us.
It must nourish us.
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