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A Crumpled Ball

I write a line. It makes no sense. I tear up the paper. Into little tiny itty bity bitsy bits. Blow them onto the floor, for this is my mood now. Begin again. Three words. They feel “shaky”. I glare at them. They are not my words. Yet they came from my fingers. They end up in a crumpled ball, next to three others. My muse is not amused. She is trying. I am the obvious problem. Maybe we are not in the mood for this, I suggest. We communicate by telepathy, Unless she loses her temper. Boom! I find myself on the floor She likes to show me Who is boss

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Date: 11/19/2019 10:46:00 AM
Caren, Crumpled thoughts are a good breeding ground for poetry. -Richard
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/19/2019 8:55:00 PM
I depend on it, count on it, and rely on it!
Date: 11/19/2019 9:52:00 AM
That was funny in a way, a great view of how writer's block can take us all down at times.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/19/2019 8:56:00 PM
It is amazing to me how many times I will start a poem, and crumple up six or eight balls of notebook paper right off the bat.
Date: 11/19/2019 4:00:00 AM
Crumpling the paper is the old delete button. Sometimes we restore and unfold what is good. Kind wishes, Kai
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/19/2019 8:57:00 PM
I still LOVE to crumple up the paper, preferring to write almost all of my things out in long-hand first.

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