The Magic Brush

Like Richard says

Eight times out of ten

He came home a winner

When he took ladies

To the track

So I feel similarly blessed

By a recent run of good luck

Not as measured by

Any particular outward

Signs of success such as

Millions of copies sold or

Christmas bonuses paid

Directly into my account at JPM Chase

But lately I find myself enjoying

An unaccustomed fluency with the

Composition of poetry such that

Any strenuous effort remains

More or less an afterthought

As if a sonnet could come forth

Directly hard wired from head

To wrist to page

And I find myself wondering

Just how long I may be so lucky

To keep hold of this Magic Brush

Thank you very much Chiang Yen

Able to scribble words down

Whether in notebook

Or on napkin

Or deposit slip

It matters not in the least

But somehow feeling

They are immediately

Ready for display

By having previously

Cleared the necessary rights

I have made you my accomplice too

In further pursuit of the truth