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#1083655 added February 23, 2025 at 8:51pm
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Beat The Clock!
Prompt

Just four hours to deadline;
that's never a good sign
for reaching a creative summit.
A last minute fluster
to churn out some bluster;
the chances of eloquence plummet.

That burning ambition
for great erudition
that heralds the start of each week,
soon crumbles asunder
in haste to dip under
the deadlines by barely a squeak.

Delusions of grandeur
just generate ordure;
tsunamis of meaningless drivel.
Completing this token
my muse, bruised and broken,
just sits in the corner and snivels.

But one day I wager
I'll write something major
befitting a gifted wordsmith!
Till then such endeavours
remain, firm as ever,
within the dark province of myth.


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