...through syllables
nursed into air
we breathe to mean
to rhyme
compare

until we're poems
formed or free
from lonely lines
to stanzas
three.

Then some of us
turn poets when
interpreting
the world
again

while few of us
anthologize
select
what's best
to memorize

and lesser yet
will criticize
and analyze
with mindful
eyes

til ones among us
verse-immersed
conserve
the cycle
last to first...