Easy

I have found that when deciding
not 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 abuilding
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