NaPoWriMo's
Day 6 prompt 'focuses on the use of concrete nouns and specific
details, using the idea of “putting a dog in it.”' Here's a poem with solid images on the theme of anxiety.
A
sprinter on the starting blocks, waiting for the gunshot.
A
free-diver, testing that lungful of air, plunging deeper.
Gripping
an overhead pole, dangling, holding,
wrists
burning.
A
balloon slowly being inflated.
A
dog in an unfamiliar house, reluctant to sit or lie.
That
guy at the back of the bar, drunk, eyes locked on you.
Waking
up to the sound of your ringtone.
Realising,
at 80mph, you're really too tired to drive.
Waiting
for your boss to mention your lateness, again.
All
of this expelled by your fist, slamming concrete-like,
into
the weighted punch bag.
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