PRECISION
(When words get in the way)
“What I really meant to say”
Should not be in your repertoire.
Too many words.
My stated mission is to stamp out excess
And remove ego from my work.
To that end,
Haiku is such a delight,
Small digestible pieces of art
Condensed to a formula
And offered like pieces of sushi
On a silver plate.
Each is crafted with precision
And says no more than necessary.
One flavour, maybe two,
Blended, but complimentary,
Wrapped to be appealing
While hinting at the contents.
I want to reduce my verbiage
To the precision of a Haiku,
Edit my lines with a jeweller’s eye
And strike each line just so
To reveal “What it was I said“.
Palimpsest 
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