Writers Block

Occasion: Another creative writing assignment from 1985. We were to write about a situation we had personally experienced that we would consider 'difficult'. I distinctly remember the instructor dismissing my poem because he didn't like my 'situation'. I think I got a C-.

I get the assignment,
I sit down to write,
I stare at the paper,
All day and all night.

I hate this assignment,
It’s not like the rest,
The others were easy,
This one’s a test.

I’m tired of thinking,
My thoughts are a lump,
Then at two in the morning,
I wake with a jump.

I turn on my lamp,
I look at the clock,
I get pen and paper,
And write, “Writers Block.”