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The Process

A Poem

By Mother CombsPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
Nightcafe Creation

Get the laptop out

Sitdown

Get comfortable

Position your hands on the keys

Try to think of something to write

Write a few words,

think they sound good

Reread the words,

realize how dumb they sound

And erase the whole thing

Try again

Write

Read

Erase

Try again

Until you get something

That halfway sounds decent

Then submit

And wait for it to be accepted

Once it is posted,

realize it was stupid after all.

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About the Creator

Mother Combs

Come near, sit a spell, and listen to tales of old as I sit and rock by my fire. I'll serve you some cocoa and cookies as I tell you of the time long gone by when your Greats-greats once lived.

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  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarran2 years ago

    Noooo, nothing that you've published is stupid! You take that back, woman!

  • Ah, that'll leave a smudge. To go with all the other smudges I've tossed in the trash can, lol.

  • JBaz2 years ago

    Oh I have been there, yet in the end at least I wrote something and tried, rather than give up

  • Lana V Lynx2 years ago

    This poem and Ashley Lima’s The Wall slid into my notifications several seconds apart. Are you working on the same prompt? Great poem, by the way!

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