Friday, April 17, 2009

writer's block (written 02.01.1995)

My mind hibernates.

Last summer it fed
On thought
And irony,
Chewing on profundity like a ravenous cub
With never a premonition of the coming frost.
Feasting felt eternal

But then
The air began to crust;
I shivered at the first snowflake
And retreated,
Full and fat,
In comfort for a season.

Sleeping,
I dream
Of green and growing times
And easy expansion

I close my eyes to erase the cave;
To bring back the summer…
The snow at the entrance
Builds
Barricading me in lethargy.

I mumble a groan of anesthetized terror
And rush to tell myself
It’s only a dream

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