when you go away
for some time
you don't really think about policing poetry
you hold on to stay
the perfect line
when you think of going away
to siren a way
into another rhyme
for some time to write your poetry
and for some time play
with these words and forms of mine
when you venture away
to trespass worlds astray
new thinking, new seeing, to find
hopeful possibilities for crafting poetry
for some new cliche
leaving behind the old crimes
coming back with a new way
and new ideas to please your poetry
