It takes a Pro to procrastinate. |
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EasyI have found that when decidingnot to write Almost any excuse will do The letter from a friend lying in my hallway A reply not yet overdue, not by a long shot Requires my immediate concern And what’s this there’s been dust a-building all along the bookshelves and worse than that across my desk One can’t be expected to concentrate in a state of disarray So, once the dog’s been walked, this joint put right, a few letters answered and moments organized into stately arrangement, I’ll know the time to face a page to bring it swinging back, easy as a kid gone fishing The words will fly next week, just after friends stop by, just after a needed trip to the bookstore to buy someone else’s words scribbled in the darkness of their put-off time, when it was easy as a kid gone fishing |
 This poem is included in Jim Freeman's poetry collection THE SMELL OF TWEED AND TOBACCO available here in print or as an e-Book in your favorite formats. |
