sweat equity...

a creation is but a sum of its parts,

but some parts can be bigger than

the whole

 

some parts flow,

unintended moments of clarity,

some are painstakingly brought

into light,

raw bloodied scabs to honed hard callous

 

by the time all parts are assembled,

disassembled and reassembled,

refitted,

censored and expanded,

whittled,

enhanced,

molded into form,

and if the creator is not thoroughly exhausted

or on the verge of madness:

beware the duplicate

plagiarized twists and turns

rehashing a stale truth,

reinforcing an absolute that isn't

 

beware lost momentums,

patchworked with duct tap,

with nostalgic epoxy

and trowelled putty trying to get something

to stick

 

beware the sinister edit

that deletes,

self corrects

and spell checks

its way in redundant lull

generic dull void

 

beware deadlines