Be On the Lookout

There’s something
you do
that’s easy as
eating an
ice cream cone.

Like putting down
one word after
another as they’re
being handed
to you by an
itinerant magician
who just happens
to be in your
neighborhood
bearing words
wrapped in
iridescent
bubbles
waiting to burst
on your page.

Maybe for you
the Muse
arrives with
a scrim
to be strung
across your
imagination
and lit up
with images
projected by
a projectionist
of unknown origin
you don’t remember
summoning.

I’ve been
instructed to
remind you
to be on
the lookout
for your
Imaginary Friend
bearing
ice cream cones.

(Photo by Khashayar Kouchpeydeh; UnSplash)