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Don't Let the Straws Break My Back
I have this urge
This urge to write
To do something creative
Something fun
But I have to do my History homework
I have this urge
To write a story
To transport myself somewhere
Else
But I can’t think of a plot
I have this urge,
This ever-present urge,
This nagging, nattering urge,
To do more, more, more, more
Pile the straws onto my back
But then my back
Breaks.
I have this urge,
This horrible, lovely urge,
To just not care,
To read and write and not care
But I have to go to college
Someday.
I have so many urges
So many desires to do things
To pretend
To write
To read
And maybe I’d act on them
If only
I had
The time
The inspiration
That startling combination of luck and skill and effort and freedom
I would make something beautiful.
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