What If (from Seven More Poems the Road Gave Up, part 2 of 7)
by Tom Sheehan
This is the What if If that's what You think it is A morning Or a dream Put out of place From its what if Yesterday I chose it Out of place again The way a kiss Hangs on Long past its What if And what of it How it rumbles Some midnights Or keeps a scent Not quite remembered Or never sleeps Its what if But lets it rustle Deep under covers And when a door Closes on darkness Sharp as an ax hit The what if edges inn