Tuesday, March 5, 2019

STOPPED


The poem stopped in mid-stanza
Stood, stretched, put on a scarf -- 
Though the weather was warm --
And said "That will be it
For today; there's a work stoppage;
We can, perhaps,reschedule 
Once it's over." Easier
To convince a charging bull
That he'd rather loll on a beach
And discuss the finer points
Of apiculture than to make a poem
Stay when it's determined to leave.
Annoying; I was under contract
For 500 foot/boards of poetry
And the deadline was near. 
The enduser would be unhappy but
In place of the saga he'd wanted
(Though not deserved) would make do
With two cartloads of nonunion haiku



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