A long exhausting day
Where the mind wanders
Distractions yanking it away
So progress takes a hit
Just like the friggin’ phone
Mourning lost time
The author crawls into the cot
Pillow stealing muscles’ strength
Blanket tickling at his nose
While eyes begin to close
A spark of an idea
Fixing a tricky passage
Solving that nasty outline
Or something altogether new
That refuses to go away
No pen or paper near
Body refusing to get up
The author is trapped in horror
Blissful naivete battles pattern recognition
Will these thoughts see the dawn?
Hours pass in struggle
Tomorrow will start off sour
Yet the brain continues to play
Too ignorant to know the time?
Or a sadistic organ of self-destruction?
You could blame it on your muse, as long as you don’t let your muse find out…
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I need a muse to help me creativity blame the other muse. That way it all comes full circle.
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A-muse-ing. 🙂
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Good one Charles. I always keep a water soluble Sharpie on hand to use on my arm. It like that movie where the guy couldn’t remember anything so he wrote on his body. Have a great weekend
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Thanks. Might have to try the Sharpie idea. Though I’d be afraid of it smearing.
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Drys fast. Don’t drool on it though
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That would definitely defeat the system.
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And maybe a mirror image on your cheek
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My money is on sadistic organ of self-destruction.
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Me too. That’s why I drink to get vengeance. 😀
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Whacking yourself with a mallet also works wonders!
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Yeah, but the skull and face didn’t do anything to deserve punishment. Maybe the nose when it keeps running.
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Yep, that will show it.
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So true. So true.
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Curse of creativity. 🙂
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omg Charles this is spot on. I recognise it as the night I spend too often. Damn it but the creative mind just doesnt know when to sleep.
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Nearly every night for me. That ‘free of distraction’ thing is a pain. I get it when I don’t want it and it never shows up when I do.
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