Take the beginning,
the opening line,
and put that first –
it seems to need attention,
as it has a morbid thirst
to be in there at the start.
Then, place the body of work…
in the middle,
it need not shirk away
from what it has to do,
from what it has to say.
The ending could come
as something of a surprise,
but, convention dictates,
and we write down convention’s words
as if they were our own –
so, best to keep the end
at the end.
THE END
