2nd
another 4 stanza choose-your-own-poem




The poem:

Other options for the poem:


There are at least thirteen more.
Source material: “The Gift”, a prose poem written by my friend, the poet and artist Celeste Pfister. Published in Pensive Journal.
Celeste also posts regularly on her excellent substack, Creative Inspiration.
Notes on “2nd”:
The source material offered me “no 2nd chances”.
It also offered me “no 2nd thoughts” and “no 2nd amendment”.
When you think about other ways to order the stanzas, you may or may not want to think about that.