-end chapter-

as we turn the page

on this latest chapter

of the novel of our lives

and ponder the events

that have transformed

our protagonist

and carried the plot along

the ancillary characters

that have given their assistance

and introduced conflict

or, sometimes, both

the threads continued

from chapters gone by

and those begun in this one

that we look forward to reading

to their ultimate resolutions

so what is in store

for our hero

(though admittedly, in post-modern tales

our heroes are often not always noble)

in the chapter to come

will this be the conclusion

or a deepening of the plot

there will be no spoilers given

for the next chapter is as yet unwritten