It's No Big Secret - Jan. 10. 2024

poetry is more fudge than chocolate cake

maple syrup instead of the tapped sap

one homemade cookie

over a box of storebought

also perfect for

a lyrical Reader’s Digest

or as a movie’s trailer

or even a blueberry snow cone

on a hot summer day

poetry is a small gift

which comes with

a tiny card and tiny writing

that you must read slowly

exactly the way

the writer wrote it

in order to open it