must write a

POEM.

deadline’s due

tomorrow

and I’ve got nothing—

nothing!— but air

in my mind.

(I’ve checked already

just to be sure)

how do you string words

without a needle?

how do you let creativity loose

when you haven’t caught it yet?

how do you solve a problem

like Maria?

wrong song! wrong idea!

I’m losing my mind

losing my

mind

to some poem which

doesn’t even exist

yet.