summa where

summa: highest.

where: location.

summa where

syncopation steals the show

understanding helps us though

making waves from there to here

molding vision not to veer

apex when we persevere

..

Afterword: I continue to struggle to regain my footing, both with drawing and with acrostic poetry composition. The late comic-book writer Denny O’Neil wrote a feature in some comics called “From the Den” and he always ended the column with the fine two-word mantra “Perseverance furthers.” Here’s to that sentiment, and to Mr. O’Neil’s spirit.