Moffit Road

at the place where

three different roads

meet between

four distinct points

you choose between

the home fires,

the path of least resistance,

the by-way that consumes

the most fuel or

the mean between

all the extremes

whatever that definition is,

could be or should be

and you go back to past experience,

past problems that led you to form

a working conjecture to begin with

usually the route of compromise

has been the most competent choice

and since every path has its own

unique brand of scenery, seeing it

again cannot be that horrible

so you don't go further south

along the road that follows

Lewis and Clark and you don't

go back north because you've

come this far already

no, you go east to go south

to go east again to go back north,

you go with the oddly median path

you go down Moffit Road

and you don't look back

you look forward to 

the curves, valleys

and dinosaurs to come

Reviews

[Emily B]

this is one of those wonderful wanderings that I wish I had written. but I am so glad it was you

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you so much.