"I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO WRITE"
     (C) Copy written, October 4, 2004, by Karla Dorman.
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I would really like to write,
But my hands won't co-operate.
They are blind to words they hear.
They think they're being used as bait!
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I would really like to write,
But my hands take that as a threat.
They'll do what they want to do.
They think I'm a lousy poet!
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I would really like to write,
But my hands betray once more.
They pluck the words from the air,
And throw them, screaming, to the floor!
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I would really like to write,
But my hands remain in the dark.
They just cannot comprehend
The art of words leaving their mark.
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I would really like to write,
But my hands go to sleep again.
My Muse is broken, shattered.
My hands will not pick up the pen.