(after Lesley Wheeler)

Ruthlessly pruning the overstuffed closet,
I make room for the new. I cannot emphasize
enough how out of character this is, but then

again, I am on the verge of so many changes.
This time next year we can’t yet visualize, so yes!
We must be pitiless. The future is roaring toward us.

https://lesleywheeler.org/2014/08/25/ruthlessly-pruning-the-overstuffed-closet-of-a-poetry-book-manuscript/