Uh-oh

by
James R. Muri
Copyright 1999


Uh-oh,
     It's Tuesday,
          And the Writer's Club's tonight!
Poetry,
     I think, and
          I'm way too blocked to write!
But
     I can't just
          Read what I've read before,
And
     I can't just
          Sit like an unproductive bore.

Let
     Me see - The birds?
          The trees?  The unrelenting sea?
The
     Fuzzy foam and
          Fluky winds that push a helm alee?
What
     Subject matter
          Can I use that wasn't used before
By
     Someone else who
          Didn't make it sound like such a chore?

In
     Spiration, where are
          You?  Don't stand me up again!
Don't
     Tease me and
          Cage me and tie me up and then -
What's
     This?  An idea?
          The dawning of the light?
Uh-oh,
     It's Tuesday,
          And the Writer's Club's tonight . . .


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