Preamble

Comes before the walk...
Or maybe a walk that comes before...
Whatever it may be, it's ambulatory
     Thoughts after before-thoughts
             (not afterthoughts, mind you)
Are not preamble
     but, then again, nothing's at stake with those, either.

At least, not as much;
     they are taken as givens
     whether discounted or trusted
     reviled or loved
     It's acknowledged as "is."

Not so with the Preamble,
Not so with the Before-Walk-Thoughts.