Reviewing the works I can easily access,
I found that I have written three poems called The Steps
and one poem called The Next Step.
I looked into this to see if it was cool
to write a new poem called The Steps.
It is not cool. It is not cool at all.

I wrote about steps of romance
and steps of dancing
and steps of composition
and steps of psychic recovery.
There might have been some overlap
in the pieces.

I see that I’ve covered a lot of ground
with The Steps.
I don’t even remember what else I wanted to say.
It hardly matters anymore.
With this review
it certainly doesn’t seem necessary to step up
with additional content.