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Have I been too busy or can it be

That for the last three days

Nothing has prompted me to write?

Sitting here, pen in hand,

It seems as though the need to write

Has faded while the pile of things to do

Jostles for attention

And my mind,

Which finds it easy to write on the train

Or in a hotel bar

Cramps in the face of lists and letters,

Of emails and request for answers now.

Is this a poem?

Well, it looks like one,

And will have to do until

Something better comes along.

Brian Hick August 2012

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