I Don't Want To Write A Poem Poem by David Welch

I don't want to write a poem,
there's nothing in the tank,
no great thought or inspiration
that will inspire thanks.

I don't want to write a poem,
just let me watch youtube,
and leave the entertaining to
far more qualified dudes.

I don't want to write a poem,
so Mind, leave me alone,
stop saying, ‘memento mori, '
that my time is half gone.

I don't want to write a poem,
this damn writer's impulse
will never just shut up and sleep,
like it does for most folk.

I don't want to write a poem,
just let my brain shut off,
don't make me feel that doing so
is precious moments lost.

I don't want to write a poem,
and think of life or death,
or patterns, beats, and damned quatrains,
for God's sake let me rest!

I don't want to write a poem,
but I don't have a say,
since even when I try not to
I write one anyway.