How Dare You! ”snaps The Page Slapping The Poet Across The Facewith A Hefty Writer’s Block! Poem by Dónall Dempsey

He screamed at the page
with clamorous noisy thoughts.

But the page
just looked at him blankly

told him
in no uncertain terms

where he could shove
his thoughts

and that if he ever dared
to lay one finger

upon her
she would scream.

“Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ”

“Like that! ”
“Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ”

“Shhhhhhhhhhh...shhhhhhhhhhhhh! ”

The poet
(mortified)

cap in hand

ran off as fast as his legs could carry him


the scream
of the page


“Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ”
“Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ”
“Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ”


chasing after him.