Pen pressed against page,
image drought, verse famine, cage,
of dry well syndrome, vacuum,
lack of glowing term,
blighted crop, devoid of germ,
words I sculpt mere gaunt legume
Impetus, spark, boost,
urban mirror where plots roost,
spawn from pillar, striking plinth,
futile quest struck dumb,
barren bard whose face is glum,
yet they bay for gemstone glint
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