nascent never tells me

about itself until it’s already

halfway down the road

and surely a good one

i can see clearly now

but now so far past

i wonder whether to

run on after

or wait here patiently

watching cars counting

drops from the faucet

seeing when the next nascent

will rear its head

and hopefully catch on

early enough this time

to hop on like a train bum

making the leap

just to get on board

then laying back and

lacing my fingers

behind my head

as the right nascent ripens

and i’m just

along for the ride