Dale Leffler’s most recent poem to appear here was A Half-Finished Life, a Comma (June 2014).

Work as a Poem
By Dale Leffler

The showing up
……………the dressing up
………………………the impressing up
…………………………………the goings on
………………………………………….the holding on
…………………………………………………….for the end to come

………………………………………………………………So we can do something else
………………………………………………………………………..somewhere else
………………………………………………………………………………….for someone else
……………………………………………………………………………………………but for now
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….we are here.