Waiting for Inspiration

It's awfully early in the game, but I'm going to pull the trick my students often use and write about not being able to write.  I promise that this will be the only time I play this card.

                                                                

                                    Waiting for Inspiration

                          Is like waiting for the bus,

                           only there are no designated stops

                           and no schedule

                           and what shows up may be

                           a car or a turtle or a skateboard

                           going the wrong way

                           on the other side of the street,

                           and since there are no set routes,

                           you don’t know where you’re going

                           until you get there,

                           if you are able to get on board

                           at all.

                           So waiting for inspiration

                            is nothing like waiting for a bus,

                            except in this poem.