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Poetic Psychosis

© 2006 By DesDownUnder

  1. I wait,
  2. It is done.
  3. I have done it.
  4. I thought about it,
  5. I was unsure about it,
  6.  
  7. They said I should try it,
  8. I said I would do it.
  9. It was something I wanted to do
  10. I promised I would do it,
  11. And at last I did it.
  12.  
  13. Now I wait
  14. And wait
  15. Two minutes,
  16. And still I wait
  17. Waiting for it
  18.  
  19. Should I sit?
  20. Or Should I stand?
  21. Should I fold my arms?
  22. Or clasp my hands?
  23. Should I hold my breath?
  24.  
  25. How long have I waited for it?
  26. Seems like years,
  27. Three minutes,
  28. It takes that long to read it,
  29. Will they understand it?
  30.  
  31. What if no one sees it?
  32. What if no one replies?
  33. What will they think?
  34. What if they think it is lies?
  35. What if they laugh at it?
  36.  
  37. What If they hate it?
  38. What if they think I’m a stalker?
  39. Or something worse,
  40. Like a slack arsed talker.
  41. Oh no! Can I get it back?
  42. What have I done?
  43.  
  44. I’ve done nothing wrong,
  45. I’ll make some tea,
  46. Bread some butter,
  47. Wash the cat,
  48. Feed the dishes.
  49.  
  50. Five minutes have gone by
  51. Still no word,
  52. No reply,
  53. Nothing heard,
  54. Why did I try?
  55.  
  56. Am I alone
  57. On this planet?
  58.  
  59. Did I scare them all away?
  60. Did I spell check it?
  61. Is the grammar right?
  62. Did I send it?
  63. Did it arrive?
  64.  
  65. Six Minutes
  66. And counting
  67. I’m being silly,
  68. I shouldn’t care,
  69. It doesn’t matter.
  70.  
  71. I’ll go to bed
  72. I can’t sleep,
  73. It is too hot.
  74. Is that the moon?
  75. Or an early sunrise?
  76.  
  77. Did I offend?
  78. I’ll delete it,
  79. I’ll never write again
  80. I’ll sleep on it,
  81. And throw away my pen
  82.  
  83. Alarm!
  84. Awake!
  85. Wood!
  86. Computer!
  87. Messages!
  88. Click!
  89. None…
  90.  
  91. Well it’s only been 6 hours,
  92. Maybe no one has seen it.
  93. I‘ll look at the views,
  94. Wow! Eight people looked at it.
  95. But no reviews.
  96.  
  97. Shower,
  98. Clothes,
  99. Coffee,
  100. Breakfast,
  101. Messages.
  102.  
  103. None
  104. I’ll ring in sick
  105. Not go to work
  106. I’ll wait all day,
  107. And even pray.
  108.  
  109. Ding ding!
  110. A message,
  111. Hooray.
  112. Oh! It’s just the boss
  113. Waiting for me to come in today,
  114.  
  115. He wants to know if I sent in my poem.
  116. What reactions did I get?
  117.  
  118. Eight of the best.