Draft

Writing
As a matter of course,
Is rewriting.
And that's saying it short.
So my first set of thoughts
That hit the page running
May not make the final cut
May amount to total bilge.
Words trade places with new words
Sometimes morph into phrases
Building blocks that create a clause.
Jargons align against letters,
Making sense; cooked up nonsense.
With luck, they'll pull a caper.
Still a draft makes much pretense.
I write to rewrite.
And again and again,
Until I get it right
And explode off the page.

Akpan