Worm Moon

What conditions would have to obtain
For this to actually, possibly
Happen? The burdens of strategy

And fantasy are nearly the same,
Except in that strategy deludes
Itself into believing it can,

It must, bring about those conditions,
And, retrospectively, that it has
Done so, if it seems they have happened,

A campaign gone well, now home again,
While fantasy mostly contemplates
What could happen if they did obtain,

And if it finds an alignment clicked,
A moment arrived remarkably
Like its fantasy, well that’s a gift.

In the blurry middle, the hermit
Well-satisfied with being outside
On a moonlit bench in the small hours.