If your muses aren’t stopping in
and left you grasping for ideas,
grab a sharpie and try this exercise:

Draw the doorway to your childhood room
on one arm, and list three things
you loved behind its hinges.

Now draw the front entrance to inspiration
and the exit to boredom on your other arm.
Write the address above it.

If the block is still there under your follicles,
walk to the park or shop for groceries
in a short-sleeve shirt
and soak in everyone’s reaction.

Look for the faces
of your lost muses
as they blink back to attention.