One writes, “Linked phrases run through the a’s, b’s, c’s on & on, but a-phrases, again, often point to the answer (the kind I am).

B-wise, your creativity
is not wasted in remorse.
What you owe: I know
almost and almost lost,
unfinished, in everything. For the c’s
I move along a scratchy plain
of dandelions, peony, clover:
It’s always time for your renewal:

and I see your new forms
as I fill in the latest questionnaire
putting my back into it.”