Act of Words

What is there to write
when words won't come
to a head, and all the coaxing
      won't conjure them up
      when it takes too long
      & we both grow tired?
Just the same they can come too easy
sloppy & unexpected.
Words can shoot out or
drip down & what they
say can rub away, wipe off.
Then, what is the act of writing
remains; the performance more
than the result.

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