I have a tendency to
look at maps
before I take a single step,
utter a single word.

I like mastering
the art of calculating
the unknown
until the unknown
becomes knowable.

I am captivated
by the obscurity
dangled by an
uncharted city,
but I like conquering it more;
uncurving its crevices
until the riddle
unriddles in defeat,
lies down flat before me
and I can call it
something known.