Neil Smith

1 year ago ·

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My enemy the laptop.

My enemy the laptop.

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Glowing on the desk

Cursor mocking from screen

An electronic reminder of time spent avoiding

Not crafting 

Sentences 

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The laptop points out time sitting produces

Teacups filled and emptied

Biscuits eliminated, online “research” done

But still no paragraphic paradise

And damn few words saved

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Once upon a time

As stories start

I feared lack of ideas

Keyboard catatonia no forward gears

Turns out I’ve thoughts aplenty 

but yet unshaped

They buzz about

Like cracked-up bees

All energy no focus

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Finally, urgently the fog clears

An enemy at the gates

A greater foe than the blank screen

Hard-core, hard-faced, implacable

It’s deadline time

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The clock don’t stop and neither can I

Into action

Keys pound

Words blur

Clarity comes

Triumph

Hit SEND

“Never again” the promise

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Ooh biscuits!

Time for tea

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Poetry
Comments

Ken Boddie

1 year ago #2

I tried reading a book on achieving deadlines, Neil, but I couldn’t seem to finish it. 🙁

Ken Boddie

1 year ago #1

Everything stops for a sugar hit of tea and biscuits, or, in my case, coffee and cookies. 😳

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