Quite Often, You Do

Z is the hardest letter to start with
Yes, I know, one can cop out with Zeus.
X is no easier than Z.
Why not go with Xylophone?
Very easy is usually not good, that's why...
Unless, it is - which I'm not knocking.
There are always exceptions,
So one must be careful.
Really, you never know for sure -
Quite often you do, though.
Perhaps I judge too quickly
Or were we not talking about me?
Neil, that's me, that's me, that's me.
My "ego is always at the wheel."
Let's give credit where it's due,
Know that quote? It's Delmore Schwartz;
Jewish poet whose responsibilities began in dreams.
I am so taken by that one piece of his; they say it was
His best - In Dreams Begin Responsibilities
Greatest short story ever written, in my mind.
Forgive me for being so presumptuous.
Every time I write, I fear I get myself in trouble.
Don't worry about me though, I'm fine.
Caring for myself, my cold, my poetry.
Because if I don't care for myself, no-one will.
"And that's the truth," says Lily Jane Edith Ann.