With every tick and every tock
The pesky clock appears to mock
My writer’s block – it’s quite a shock
For someone who can rhyme ad hoc
And draw the most amazing things,
All stringy legs and springy wings
And zingy bling… It really stings
When my imagination pings
And rings and whirrs but nothing stirs
Upon the page - until it blurs.
From dusk till dawn, I sit and curse.
A writer’s block – what can be worse?
I’m undeterred but every word
I put on paper looks absurd.
No Hats for Cats? Thing 3, Thing 4?
I punch the wall and then the door.
A million fish – and all are black.
The Grinch not giving Christmas back.
The places you will never go.
(Yes, just like that - forget the “oh”.)
A writer’s block? A waste of time.
I’m done with books for kids that rhyme.
From fun and sun - to slime and grime.
I’ll start afresh - with noir and crime.
I punch the air. Enough of mirth.
“Green Ham and Eggs: The Poisoned Earth”.
Теодор Сьюз Гайсел (Доктор Сьюз / Доктор Зойс), 1904 - 1991, самый продаваемый американский детский писатель (в младшей возрастной группе), чьи рифмованные истории полны придуманных слов и имён персонажей.
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