Pen Please

I write of the stars
I write of the moon
I write of the things
That I love to do
I write of the lies
While telling the truth
And when I am through
I pass the pen to you 

I read the things
that went before
and add my thoughts
for you to write more
of things we love
and things we hate
so here's the pen,
now contemplate!

I wait like a kid
the anticipation
breaks my quiet
like a train in station
with thoughts
pouring out
like the traveling weary
so here's the pen
"now what's my hurry?"

While looking at this
And studying that
As our poetic peruse
Comes up to bat
With much more in store
From the writer's’ knack
I jot down my last line
Then pass the pen back

and now it get's fun
with my lines and yours
at least it keeps me
from doing my chores!
fingers be nimble
brain be quick
I finished this part
now here's the Bic.

With words tattered and torn
I have you here to mend
Don’t know where I’m going
Brain lights on dim
With little or no warning
Here it comes again
All on a whim
I hand you the pen

so who will care
if we make no sense
“these poets here
must have the bends!”
but all the same
we’ve had our yen
it was a good run
let's retire the pen

I came up with the idea of two poets passing the pen back and forth...this is the result that my friend Amy H A and I came up with.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Pigeon Tart Avatar
October 13, 2017 at 10:23 AM
Fun pen! I've done that with another artist, the crazy drawings we created! Cheers Mike! Lovely day to you :) xomo
Hoffman Avatar
October 13, 2017 at 9:41 AM
A creative fun whimsical write that made me smile Mike!~Che :)
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