Time to start over with a clean ledger,
mark columns of numbers
neatly zero out last month’s balance.
   
    Clear,
    concise, 
    captured.

Black marks etched in linen paper
the way my typewriter used to do,

     duck,
    dodge
    to the edge,

and when the bell rings, the fighter
comes out of his corner to box again.

I write checks, letters, lists.
I invoice the minutes of my day 
in one tenth increments,
divide days by descimal points.

Today’s a writing day
when I write to you,
the first of the month of June.

    — Happy LexPoMo 2023