I Be Blank

See that blank screen?

Yes.

I be blank.

I have half written posts,

partial stories

and

writer's block.

I hate it

but it ain't like a toothpaste tube

where I can just squeeze some words out

and they just happen to be the perfect words.

I bought mouthwash today

at a mom y pop Mexican store,

no English needed,

very little understood,

so no words necessary

or even desired.

I sat at a stoplight

and had a silent conversation

with the house across the intersection,

she blinking her window panes at me

flirting across the pale pink blossoms of a crepe myrtle tree.

When I drove away she knew I was taken.

No words spoken.

No words needed.

I just slipped out the back, jack.

one of my favorite songs when I'm thinking things are hard