i feel
fizzled
after
finishing
the last
story

the ideas
swim around
but the words
are just
out of reach

and though
i know it is
always this way
i don’t do
well with
sitting still

now my brain
is buzzing
racing at the
speed of light
going nowhere
a dog on a chain
wearing a ring
around its perimeter

maybe tomorrow
or the day after
until then
madness