Little Boat

I didn't even realize reviews were on my mind until the first one came in today, the big one, from Publishers Weekly. There's inevitably a sense of averting an explosion; wanting more--one always wants more, that's the condition of this position; and feeling lucky and happy for what one has been given--there is a long pull quote or two, always hard to come by, in whatever the venue. And the sense of the little boat leaving the dock, all out of my hands from the here on out.