FOLDED PAGES

FOLDED PAGES FILL BOXES AND BINS 
FINGER PRINTS STAIN WHERE SPIT 
WAS USED TO TURN THE PAGES 
MY NOVEL SCREAMS OUT FOR 
RESPITES FROM MY TEAK WOOD 
DESK MEMORIES FADE BECOMING 
DIM ABRUPTLY SHINING A LIGHT 
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR A LEAF 
FALLS WRITERS BLOCK HAS GONE HOME 
FOR A SEASON I SUPPOSE AN YET 
I'M NOT WILLING TO PUT PEN TO 
PAPER I'M NOT WILLING TO WRITE 
I'M NOT WILLING TO TYPE WHY I'M
NOT WILLING TO LISTEN TO MY MUSES 
CHANTING FROM AFAR AS BANGLADESH 
DANCES COLORFUL CHIMES GEMS JINGLES 
AS THE ELEPHANT CALMNESS ABODE STANDING 
THERE STAMPING HIS FEET THE DANCE OF 
A LIFETIME UNFOLDS MY PAGES ARE FLOWN 
AROUND MY ROOM AS LEAVES THIS BLUSTERY 
FIND MINGLING WITH MY MINDS EYE LEAVING 
A RED DOT ON MY FOREHEAD MY GREATEST 
NOVEL FINALLY SAY'S THEE END
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