the four-hundredth post with six words

Six Words
by Lloyd Schwartz

yes
no
maybe
sometimes
always
never

Never?
Yes.
Always?
No.
Sometimes?
Maybe—

maybe
never
sometimes.
Yes—
no
always:

always
maybe.
No—
never
yes.
Sometimes,

sometimes
(always)
yes.
Maybe
never . . .
No,

no—
sometimes.
Never.
Always?
Maybe.
Yes—

yes no
maybe sometimes
always never.

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In my search for inspiring sestinas, highly-structured poems having their heyday back in the twelfth century, I stumble upon this work. Imagine the inventiveness! It’s as if I am stoned with a hollow block and all I could say is “uh-waw.” It leaves me dumbstruck.