Deadening
My enthusiasm was dead —Wicked Witch of the East
shriveled-up coiled shoes under the house
landing in Oz style dead!
I tried to stay alert to generate an idea,
but it was hopeless as I was flat out dead on my feet.
It is hard when you are dead tired
to live up fully to commitments.
Even so, I tried to dress up my thoughts to tell a story,
but whatever I wrote was dead in the water.
I hate it when I am dead right about being dead wrong.
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I love the last line!
A fellow writer brought up the fact that the word “dead” is used in common everyday speech so much–that it must be confusing for children to really understand what impact the word “dead” has.. Anyway…I tried to write a poem with phrases using it and found it harder than I thought it would be. So glad you liked the last line….I was glad when i got there. Thanks for commenting