Just in Time

A poem can be about anything
or so they say
A poem can be about the windshield wiper on your car
that fell off during a snowstorm

with a great whack
A poem can be about the sunny day
now that it's spring
and the prayer around the urn

after the crack of guns
at the cemetery
A poem can be about the rainstorm
(which was a surprise)

the old leaves whirling in the wind
and the tiny dots of sharp rain
A poem can even be about the windshield wiper
not the one that fell off with a great crack

but the new one
put on just before the rain
which was a surprise.


(first draft of something?)