What does one do br If one finds oneself br Suffering the symptoms br Of being a poet? br br Try to gargle aloud br Uttering gargling sounds br It may cleanse the contagion br Before it enters your system br br That's all you can do br Once the rest of the symptons start br You feel it in your head br It pounds in your herart br br Your forehead feels warm br You cannot sit still br Words start coming out br Pages and pages you fill br br It's like a fever br Compelling you to write br It does not come out easy br There still is a big fight br br It's like a civil war br Words want out right away br Some content is stuck while br The brain argues for its way br br Then writer's block hits br It's like serious constipation br On top of feeling ill br You can't go br br You sit for a long time br Nothing happens br No need for paper br You have only pain br br Accompanied by the urge br To let loose br The more you concentrate br Nothing happens br br So you give up br Stand up and walk away br Take a long walk outdoors br Deep into Frost's snowy woods br br Suddenly the urge br It's all there at once br And it catches you br With no paper.br br Tom J.