Because we all want to write more poems.
Procrastination
When the furnace goes out and your bedroom is cold,
It's time to write something terse.
When the washing machine has stopped washing your clothes
A poem won't make the day worse.
When the dishes are dirty and the garbage is stink
When you notice a dripping from under the sink,
When there's too much to do and too little to drink
You might as well write some free verse.
If there's work to be done in your garden of weeds,
A sestina will help you forget
If your children are hungry, they're hungry indeed
You have time for a witty couplet
When you've gone back to college for the seventeenth time,
And you're sure that an IT degree will be fine,
But you want nothing more than to make up a rhyme
A poem's what you probably need.
(Extra line that I don't want to lose: There are sonnets crawling out your finger holes)
- Neil McKay's Shared Poems
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