[Graham King]

Originally Posted by Jayne Osborn

... ''constipated" or "constipation".

[I doubt anyone can say, "Here's one I wrote earlier" ]

Jayne

Jayne, here is one I've found myself able (paradoxically!) to write in swift response:


CONSTIPATION; being an acrostick

Can I compare thee to a motion locked,
Or say thou’rt like that other failure, seated?
No verse emerges - I’m a writer blocked;
Seems that prosy passage too’s defeated.
Toilet, bureau, or computer keyboard
Is a site of selfsame felt frustration:
Poised bereft - no matter how I’ve hee-hawed,
Archly straining, panged with indignation.
Take it from me! Th’ inward discomposure
Is alike; mind, body in like stupor.
Oh, for blessed release to ease this closure!
Now, we’re kindred: foiled author and pooper.