This was a stretch and I know, before the editing is done, there will be even more alternate ending couplets than I have already…. <\/p>\n
Clean out the closet, the drawer-fuls of things
\nmaking room, space, to welcome in the new
\nThrow out the ratty, the tattered and worn
\nthe last decade’s style, the no-longer-fits.
\nPerhaps these can be re-purposed, perhaps
\nthey can be donated, gifted, elsewhere
\nbut it’s as likely that they must go out,
\nout in big black bags, or some old boxes
\nto a donation bin, or a thrift shop
\nmaybe to the annual rummage sale.
\nThe same is true of words, writing poems,
\nwords and fashions come and go, like seasons
\nI’ll put on my own clothes, comfortably
\nand use my own words to write a sonnet<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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