A Life in Progress

The clerk smiled

     when she

          said it but

Have a

     nice

          day

I accept it

     as a

          challenge

Check out

     new

          directions

Hold out

     against

          equilibrium

Balance

     is often

         overrated

Courage

     against

         entropy

Concede the

     darkness

          certify light

Look both

     ways look

          again

Revise and

     extend

          my life