“The time has come…” to share the distraction
phrases tumble madly along flights of thought
the starting of two novels has been presented
three remain half written waiting to be caught
Writing these words while the mist begins to clear
long time spent staring at the next empty line
a clear understanding of the game being played
reveals manufactured distractions to create the decline
Sorry for interrupting the poem. However, the necessity to explain, something others have demanded. Being the minimalist, I rather enjoyed the one hundred-forty character limitation. With all that is going on today, getting the news becomes paramount, but, another however. I hate abbreviations like “i c u 2” and the like
Pretending, believing, there IS still plenty of time
convincing myself, “poetry is not a crime”
Many distractions of which Twitter® is one
has proved to be both entertaining and fun
But if you see @apoetsailor, do say something, I hope
tweet me saying “…back to your writing you dope.”
I’ll get the hint, and the nudge I surly need
who knows, things happen, you have planted the seed.
February 22, 2011 © Sailor All Rights Reserved
Revised: March 28,2011 by Sailor