Thank you
for providing me
grist for my mill.
Thank you very much
for inspiring my next poem.

You inspire me
in many ways
on many days.
Some of them are good
and some
decidedly less so.
Sometimes
you get me fired up
and ready to take on the world
while other times
I’m just ready to take on you.

And still some other sometimes
I am ready to take you on
take you out
talk to you
all about the town.
I can’t tell you
the percentages
but you can probably do the math
based on the words you’ve heard.

I never want to let you know
in precisely what way
you’ve gotten me going
but rest assured
you certainly have
again
and trust me thusly:
you will know
just how
soon enough.