Thursday, November 17, 2011

on blocking (unblocking)

i cannot seem to write anymore.

gone, the days of furious penning
that delivered a trail of thoughts
to your door.

now, my inkwell is full of air
and dried crumbly scrapings
of purple berried residue.

and this paper? yellowed onion-skinned
husk of memory, too flimsy to withstand
the heavy strokes of my pen.

no, i cannot seem to write anymore.

here, thought floats through my head.
i play snatch and grab, clutch at nothing.

swimming, swimming words,
a wispy film before my eyes.

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