Lines Outside the Lines

Ostensibly

using a stencil

–to hide

My lack of a knack

with a pencil

–I tried

templating grooves

tracing pre-cuts

alas

and alack

my pencil got

stuck. . .

outside the lines

of predescribed path

lost among signs

I just couldn’t graph–

in manner,

the planner,

of grid had decided

was optimum course–

for me

to be

guided

so finding myself

without map to route

I drew

blueprint new

my inside

–my out–

an exclusive mold

specifically mine. . .

but get this,

it’s writ-less,

not fixed

or defined.